Something I’ve heard of a lot in mainstream alternative culture lately is the concept of “manifesting”. Manifesting is essentially something theoretical becoming real, so basically meditating/focusing on something to make it become your reality. It has been used in many memes, such as someone manifesting some Burger King and having Continue Reading
3 Keys to a Good Test
I had the opportunity to judge a regional black belt pretest recently. In the process of testing for my 4th Dan, this is a new responsibility that I get to take on and as such, I was very excited. I was the first judge on the panel to make it Continue Reading
Mind Muscle Connection
With the world in quarantine for the past few years, I took it upon myself to find new and interesting ways to work out. Before the pandemic, I was going to the gym to lift weights every few days and just did a handful of exercises I’d learned throughout years Continue Reading
Moo Shim
You will often associate Bruce Lee with the phrases “Be like water” and “Wu Shein” or “Moo Shim” if you are a Korean Stylist. The latter two references allude to the idea of having an empty mind, and not thinking of anything. He always notes how important these things are Continue Reading
Finding Company
I was an extremely anxious kid growing up, and one of the scariest experiences for me was having to go to middle school and not have the option to come home for lunch. I know it seems silly, but I literally had a stomach ache for months leading up to Continue Reading
Teaching People Wrong As a Joke
When you look at two karate pioneers, Anko Itosu and Gichin Funakoshi, there is one thing in their pedagogy that sticks out to me. Unlike today’s martial arts culture where at most schools (The good schools are the exception here) you will be admitted to the class if you pay Continue Reading
De-Escalate the Situation
When we start training in martial arts it is easy for us to believe that the main goal of any self defense situation is to dominate your attacker making them regret that they attacked you! After all, why do we learn how to block, punch, choke, or throw? What we Continue Reading