There’s a mantra that I developed early on in my life as a young, depressed, over-thinker: nothing really matters. My life doesn’t matter. I’d hear this in my head, even if I didn’t want to, along with a variety of other negative thoughts and thousands of anxieties. I’d try to Continue Reading
Ditch that Martial Arts Profile Pic
Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you are very passionate about martial arts. I would also venture to guess that quite a few of you also have a lot of martial arts pictures on your social media profiles, and rightfully so, It’s something that you are passionate about. I Continue Reading
Look
When teaching forms to beginners, I always have to remind them to look at where they want their next technique to go before executing it. It’s always obvious when they aren’t looking before moving, their technique will be off-center and sometimes not even fully executed. I have seen other instructors Continue Reading
Be One With Your Weapon
I always loved training with weapons, and over the years I’ve gotten the opportunity to train with a variety of weapons (knives, bo-staff, short sticks, swords, etc). As a Tang Soo Do practitioner originally, one of the weapons I unfortunately never got to try is the rope dart. It’s usually Continue Reading
Epistemology
When dealing with difficult people with altering views, interests, or values than your own, it is important to understand how these people came to believe what they believe. This is defined as epistemology, the study of how someone formed their beliefs and differentiates their beliefs from opinions. What’s the difference? Continue Reading
Learn From Anyone And Everyone
One thing I quickly learned from martial arts is that I can learn something from anyone and everyone. I remember when I was in my early teens and there were black belts a bit younger than me that would try to teach me and I would think to myself “What Continue Reading
Yin Yang Life
The Yin-Yang principle, the concept of equal and opposing forces, is a symbol, idea, and lifestyle that stems from the interest the Chinese had in the patterns and relationships that occurred in nature. Yin is the relaxed, passive, and overall more dense energy. Yang is the opposite, it’s the explosive Continue Reading
How Photography Changed Martial Arts
Chances are, if you train in a traditional form of Karate or Tang Soo Do, you have heard the Bubishi and the Moo Yae Dobo Tonji referenced a couple times by the instructors teaching you, and how it contains artifacts of what you are training in. This is all true, Continue Reading