User:UsagiM

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On the 7th of June 2005, at 01:07 (UTC) Gwalla welcomed me here on Wikipedia.

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Active since:
I am active on Wikipedia since 1 April 2005 02:02 by this user name, but I usually sign with MarioR, just because it looks nicer and it´s a bit more 'anonymous', however my full name can of course simply be found in the history pages or here.

By the way, actually I am already active on Wikipedia since 22 December 2004 01:39, but anonymously from my IP address 82.92.14.180.

Notice

My English knowledge is actually somewhere in between En-3 and En-4. Of course nobody´s perfect and I will still make some mistakes here and there... If you find any (minor) mistakes on my user pages, please go ahead and correct them. I don´t mind and will probably even thank you for it!

Personalia

Full name: Mario Lucien Hendrik Roering

Birthday: 13 July 1972

Birthplace: Maastricht, The Netherlands

Nationality: Dutch

Home town: Hoofddorp (Netherlands) (Hoofddorp is near Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport!)

Education: VWO (compare this to High school + College), HTS Rijswijk Technische Natuurkunde (Polytechnics graduated in Industrial Engineering, KLM Flight Academy (graduated as airline pilot)

Profession: airline pilot with KLM since 2002 (at the moment as Second Officer on Boeing 747-400)

Sports:

• Traditional Genseiryu karate (WGKF style) at the KLM Karateclub Amstelveen / Genseikan Anna Paulowna
• Diving at "Flying Divers", Heemstede.
• Fitness at the "Hoofddorp Health Club".

Hobbys: Karate, fitness, cycling, diving, Japanese language, computers (website, wikipedia, etc.)

Other interests: martial arts in general, religions (esp. Buddhism), languages in general, travelling.

Webmaster: of official Dutch Genseiryu Karate and a very old (but still unfinished) site called Mario Roering's home page, telling a little more about my education, etc.

As you can see, I am using my own name. After all, I have nothing to hide! I want to contribute to Wikipedia in an honest way and with the best intentions.

Knowledge

I sometimes pretend to know a lot about a subject. I do have a broad knowledge, but about subjects I don't know much about I go through some thorough research before writing about it or editing text in articles... I am very persistent, sometimes a bit stubborn, but I can always be talked with and as long as you treat me with respect, you'll get back the same amount of respect from me.

I DO have quite a bit of knowledge about the next subjects:

• Genseiryu karate: holder of 2nd brown belt (2nd kyu) in this style.
• Karate in general: I started in 1987 with Wado Ryu, later the school changed the style to Shotokan. I stopped at this school at 4th kyu, but I kept on training and occasionally joined a club in Maastricht, Geneva and Tucson, Az.
• World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation (WGKF): besides the fact that my club is a member, I did a lot of research on and for the WGKF. Also, I am taught by de director-general of the WGKF, sensei Konno and I am in (close) contact with some other WGKF teachers.
• Maastricht: My hometown. I grew up here and my parents still live there. I speak the language (local dialect) and know the city as the back of my pocket. I also speak the local dialect "Mestreechs", which is similar to Limburgish (Limburgs) what I put in the babel-column, because there is no template for "Mestreechs"...
• Physics: Graduated in Industrial engineering, main subject (major): photonics and graduated at CERN
• Mathematics: was always good in it, gave (private) lessons myself and still have a healthy interest in it.
• Aviation: I am an airline pilot now, so ask me anything about this subject! If I don't know, I have a good reason to jump in the books again! ;-)
• Boeing 747-400: This is the type of airplane I am flying currently (as Second Officer).

My enthusiasm

Wikipedia is like a drug: before you know it, you´re addicted! Da more ya read and edit, da more ya hands start itching! Anyway, I don´t have enough free time to edit/create bunches of articles in a short time, as some Wikipedes do... My contributions to the English Wikipedia is yet still a short list, but I have done a few things for the Dutch Wikipedia. In case you understand Dutch, go to the Gebruikerspagina van MarioR.

By the way, in the 'Babel block' on the right it also says Limburgs. Actually this should be Mestreechs, the local dialect of Maastricht, but there's not yet a template (nor Wiki) for that language! Also I am learning Japanese, but that does not yet have a level worth mentioning... Although not yet level 1, I can have a small talk, have basic knowledge about the grammatical structure and history of the language, and I can read and write hiragana en katakana, and some kanji too. In Japanese my name is: マリオ·ル—リング.

Links

Some karate links:

• www.genseiryu.nl - Official Dutch Genseiryu Portal
• Genseiryu Karate Forum - The Genseiryu Karate forum, hosted by Genseiryu Netherlands! New, but growing fast!
• Genseiryu Karatedo Japan (玄制流空手道) (Original Genseiryu site, and tribute to sensei Shukumine, Genseiryu Honbu Dojo in Ito, Japan. Unfortunately only in Japanese but worth a visit for the nice pictures: click links below left and middle! The latter being a link to pictures of people who are in charge of World Genseiryu, people like sensei Kanai (World Genseiryu Head Instructor and President of WGKF and Japan Genseiryu), Sensei Sugiura (chairman of Genseiryu Karate Head Quarter in Ito, Japan), sensei Konno (Director-General WGKF and head instructor Genseiryu Netherlands), etc.)
• Official Dutch Genseiryu Karate site
• Genseiryu Asociación Europea Karate Gensei-Ryu (in Spanish)
• Genseiryu Karate-do Denmark Honbu (in Danish only)
• Seiki Karate-do Kai (Traditional Genseiryu Karate-Do Danmark, also in Danish only)
• Gensei-ryu.com - Genseiryu Denmark (again only in Danish, most of it)
• Gensei-ryu Karatedo "Lahden Gentai" Finland (only in Finish)
• World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation (WGKF) (.pdf file about agreement of WGKF)

Personal links

My personal little help: user:Mario Roering/help