User:Toeknee127
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| Anthony "TM" Magestro-Mentzel |
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| Born |
January 27, 1992  Grafton, Wisconsin, United States of America |
| Titles |
| Chodan [a 1st degree black belt in Tae Kwon-Do] |
| Occupation |
| Student, Gas Station Attendant |
| Official Website |
| http://www.myspace.com/toekneedeacon127 |
Anthony "Toeknee127" Magestro (born January 27, 1992) is an avid user of Wikipedia and a high school student. He is also the lead sprinter on the Grafton High School track team.
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[edit] Biography
Early life
Anthony was born to Steve and Carrie Magestro in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. For the first three years of his life and before the birth of his only sister Anya, he lived in Saukville but then moved to Grafton in 1996 or so. He was placed in preschool a year early so that he may have a headstart in education further down the line and went to a Lutheran Sunday School to supplement his spiritual education and awareness. Due to his father being an avid martial artist and his own personal interest in combat, Anthony was enrolled in a community self-defense program for five years, and then a transfer to the Academy of Martial Arts in Grafton, an ITF kwan-school. In this training, he was constantly disciplined in both his home and at the academy he studied at. Other traditions that were instilled upon him at a young age was that of both German and Italian ethnics, ranging from German Christmas hymns to Italian deserts, despite his "mutt" heritage as also Latvian, English, and reportedly Polish, Sicilian, and possibly even Bohemian. He lived with both of his parents until the age of nine when they separated in the end of 2001. From then on, he has had a series family deaths, psychological abuse, and other traumatic events which shaped him to become what he is now.
Adolescence
Anthony attended John Long Middle School, the only public middle school in the Village of Grafton. He was a part of the Chorale, an auditioned singing group, in his 8th Grade year and also one of the leading sprinters on the track and field team. He holds four records in the 100m dash, 400m relay, 800m relay, and 1600m relay. He graduated with high honors, and shortly after, was confirmed into the Lutheran faith on June 4, 2006.
Now 15 years old, Anthony, or Tony as he is commonly called, attends Grafton High School as a freshman and at the top of his class. He is also a track and field sprinter. Nicknamed "The Matrix" after his teammates saw him practicing katas one day after practice, he strives to give 110% to his coaches, his team, and to his school. On March 31st, 2007, Anthony was placed on the Grafton High School Varsity Track Team. His relay team in a Madison conference meet came in 5th place, awarding him with his first Varsity medal. After the 2007 track season, Anthony is now the lead sprinter on the track and field team.
Anthony is being trained as a sharpshooter, prefering a slightly modified Ruger 10/22 carbine, by his mother as well as her significant other, a former Marine sniper.
His beliefs are unique, yet are derived from traditional Lutheran teachings with a mix of other religions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. With this, he believes in a common balance within the world and that all humans are related, be it through physical bloodlines or through spirit alone, as well as philosophical aspects of humanity and the darkness that we as humans are born into through original sin and the Fall of Man. He takes interest in his family's history and genealogy and has found recently that he is a descendant of Christian Groth, one of the main players in the founding of Cedarburg,Wisconsin as well as connections to Idina Menzel from his maternal grandfather's side and Katherine Magestro from his paternal grandfather's side, both singers.
Also, he is attempting to further establish German back within his family, something his maternal side lost due to Americanization of his grandparents. He takes great interest in German customs and their cities and castles, and reads deeply into the German side of World War II.
Martial arts and military experience
Anthony was enrolled in the Grafton Youth Self-Defense Program at the age of five. This program was a basic course with numerous martial arts rolled into a common self-defense initiative, some of which including Tae Kwon-Do, Kung Fu, Jijitsu, and Judo. At the age of ten, Anthony had reached the final stages of his training, but at the request of his father, he was transfered to the Academy of Martial Arts in Grafton, an ITF dojang. Here, he started out from the bottom up, more specifically in the ways of Tae Kwon-Do, a Korean kick-boxing style of martial arts.
At the age of thirteen, with the combined training of both the dojang and his father, Anthony was lethal enough to kill a person with his bare hands. Of course, in this, he was disciplined in his studies both at the academy as well as at home. In 2003, Anthony was sworn, along with his sister Anya, into deaconhood, a phase of training where the students prepared for their final tests. Anthony was always striving to do his sponsor (the equivalent to "master") Mr. Nusslock (2nd Dan) proud. In this, he instructed numerous junior students in a mock-military fashion, keeping them on their toes but also entertained. On February 17th, 2007, Anthony tested and was promoted to Chodan (1st Dan), the first degree of black belt. He had the highest score of his test and was awarded the academy seal previously owned by the Regional V Director. His sister Anya started her education at the age of four, but two years after Anthony.
In 2006, he was referred to a recruiter of the Annapolis Military Academy by his counselor and was invited to train as an officer cadet in the United States Marine Corps, which could become available to him in his junior year. He also participated in the United States Boy Scouts for four years as a child. Ever since then, he has studied military history and tactics on his own and applying the values of the armed forces in his everyday life.
[edit] The Divine Calling
Anthony believes, due to his strict traditions and teachings in Christianity, that he was placed on this world for a purpose in service to his God. He calls this his "Divine Calling" or "Path of Predestiny". Although he cannot picture himself to be a member of the clergy or a religious activist, he feels that he must be an example to the rest of the world around him. He feels all people hold a purpose in which to shape the world, but they must put effort into discovering it. This is the basis to a lot of his theories, thoughts, and writings. Ironically, Anthony is not a fan of mainstream religion, prefering the God he always believed in over the God of Christian ignorance and hatred.
Naturally, Anthony has had a way with inspiring others with charismatic words or simply with his presence for as long as he could remember. In fact, in his 8th Grade year he wrote a speech explaining the ignorance in labeling people as "Goth", "Emo", "Jock", "Prep", and other teenaged slang-labels, winning over quite a deal of respect among his classmates and faculty alike. He is both strict yet "soft" on those he trains in his martial art as well as those he counsels and those he trains on track teams, keeping a balance between friend and leader. Despite his abilities, however, he is extremely humble and usually does not accept praise for he feels he is undeserving of any such thing. He models some of his ideals after Erwin Rommel in that one should lead by example and that one cannot ask those he leads if he, himself, cannot accomplish the task.
In addition to his charisma, Anthony is very loyal and trusting to those who are willing to be his friend. Despite his age, he understands death as a means of progression through life and is willing to accept it so that one may live in his sacrafice, if need be. He often asks for feedback on his performance and constantly strives to excel in what he does, but yet still sees himself in a very low light. Although proficient in mathematics, science, history, martial arts, and agility-based atheletics, Anthony does not boast of his abilities. In fact, due to his perfectionism and low self-image, he is his own worst critic and, in what he believes, to keep him pushing forward.
[edit] Quotes
- Idiots; can't live with them, can't shoot them either.
- Stand up straight and look the world in the face. No one will take interest in you if you only take interest in the floor.
- All people are arrogant. It is just that some of us express it more than others.
- The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who lead lives of neutrality and silence.
- I love contradiction. That is why I loved you, however that statement now lies in contradiction as well. Pity.
- Can you not yell? I am trying to pretend you are not a two year old.
- The day we can love our neighbour as our brother, accept the views of one another, and be able to see the light in what we strive for shall be the death of humanity and the rebirth of God's children.
- The laws of time yield to no one, but yet it is we who created the laws in the first place.
- Though things that I have known have slipped away, though my education becomes naught but a blur to me, though I cry at night and am broken and alone, I will rejoice in the Lord and I will be joyful in God my Saviour.
- It is faith that has given me life, faith that has carried me thus far. It shall be faith that carries me to my grave, yet it is faith that shall carry me back out.
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