Warrior Wisdom #1: Mastery

Teacher: I see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions: what is the highest technique you hope to achieve?

Lee: I have no technique.

Teacher: Very good. What are your thoughts when facing an opponent?

Lee: There is no opponent.

Teacher: And why is that?

Lee: Because the word “I” does not exist.

Teacher: So, continue.

Lee: A good fight should be like a small play but played seriously. A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. When there is an opportunity I do not hit. It hits all by itself.

From Enter The Dragon

Script Idea: Masters of the Underworld

Type: Limited Series (9 episodes, 50 minutes)
Screenwriter: Jeppe Kleyngeld (episode 1 till 3 and stories)

Tagline: An unknown assassin is taking out bosses of the powerful crime organisation that rules over Devlin City. They must find out why!

Short Story (First Volume): Devlin City, early nineties. In a depraved American city, a sinister and powerful crime syndicate controls everything. One day, a mysterious masked killer shows up and starts killing leaders of this group one by one. Is this the beginning of the end for the Outfit? And what is the identity of this crazy assassin? Find out in Masters of the Underworld: Volume I.

Episodes:
VOLUME I
Episode 1: The Great Valuation
Episode 2: The Outlaws of Delacross
Episode 3: Two Godfathers
VOLUME II
Episode 4: The Silenced Minority
Episode 5: Billy, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Episode 6: The Legend of Nino Lugiere
VOLUME III
Episode 7: Los Scorpios Rising
Episode 8: At the Gates of Hell
Episode 9: Final Devlin Wars

Episode 1: The Great Valuation
Peter Whitehouse, a city journalist who wastes his time writing about new entertainment venues at a paralyzed newspaper, falls in love with prostitute Mireia. He wants to declare his love for her, but fate intervenes. Bad men, who just got word about a mysterious killer who caused a bloody massacre at a funeral attended by their fellow gang members, are out on a night drinking. They end up at Mireia’s place of employment where things go violent very fast. Mireia escapes and runs to Peter, but the gangsters are quickly on her trail. Will she end up like so many victims of the all powerful Outfit? Or can she escape with Peter and start a new life? Find out in the first episode of Masters of the Underworld. Only on Netflix/Prime/HBO.

R.I.P. Alex van Groningen

● Overlijdensbericht
https://alexvangroningen.nl/artikelen/alex-van-groningen-overleden/
● In memoriam door Jan Bletz
https://www.janbletz.nl/bletzpraat/in-memoriam-alex-van-groningen/
● Artikel Financieele Dagblad: Opleider Alex van Groningen wilde ‘niet wachten, maar gelijk beginnen’
https://fd.nl/ondernemen/1350208/opleider-alex-van-groningen-wilde-niet-wachten-maar-gewoon-doen
● Maverick & legend: The lasting legacy of our founder Alex van Groningen
https://cfo.co.za/article/maverick–legend-the-lasting-legacy-of-our-founder-alex-van-groningen

Alex heeft een enorme invloed op mijn leven gehad. Door mij grote kansen te geven mijn talenten te ontwikkelen, en de moeite te nemen mij dingen te leren. Zeker in de begintijd vond ik kritiek van Alex niet makkelijk, maar reken maar dat ik er veel beter door ben geworden. Het zal niet makkelijk zijn zonder hem door te gaan, maar dat gaan we zeker doen. Knallen en doorpakken!

Jeppe Kleijngeld