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
Inspiration
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
When Your Passion Turns Into a Chore
When we start a new activity or hobby, we get a rush of excitement and usually are eager to absorb everything you can learn about it. The adrenaline of finding something new and pursuing it, along with sheer fascination of the subject, is really useful in helping you learn and Continue Reading
Do You Know as Much as You Think? Stay Humble
In Peter Boghossian’s How to Have Impossible Conversations, he talks about a social observation called the “Toilet Effect”. Several people were approached on the street and asked,”Do you know how a toilet works?” (Boghossian 36) I know, what a strange question. Who doesn’t know how a toilet works? Literally every Continue Reading
Improving Your Footwork: A Step in the Right Direction
“If you can move efficiently and effectively, your basic techniques will take you the rest of the way!”
Misconceptions About Humility
As a teenage martial artist, I always heard about the importance of staying humble. We all hear about the importance of not thinking we are the greatest. We are told not to be arrogant and not to be cocky about our abilities. For a teenage student these concepts are very Continue Reading
My Side Kick – Then And Now
Martial arts is, or should be about constant polishing and reflection. In doing so we must make ourselves vulnerable, and if there is one person we must make ourselves vulnerable to, we need be vulnerable to our own self. I will do that just now with you. Let’s take a Continue Reading
WOMEN IN MARTIAL ARTS: HOW WOMEN TRAIN
It’s rumored that Wing Chun, a very popular Chinese martial art that Bruce Lee was known for practicing, was created and developed by a woman. Whether or not this is able to be proved certain isn’t really the point, the idea to be considered from this is that there’s no Continue Reading
Women in Martial Arts: Roles, Expectations and Stereotypes
I will start this series off by saying I do not speak on behalf of all women, or all martial arts for that matter. These are my opinions and thoughts I’ve pondered over throughout my years observing and training so far. From their beginnings, martial arts were always seen as Continue Reading
Learn to Use Your “Spidey Senses”, Decrease Your Reaction Time!
Martial arts is one of those unique activities that helps you improve your overall well being, not just in learning important skills that could keep you safe, but also in enhancing your subconscious movements. I don’t know about you, but before I started martial arts I was rather clumsy. Granted, Continue Reading