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
Philosophy
Don’t Let People Hold You Back
As an outcast throughout my life in middle and high school, I actually surprisingly found it to be quite fortunate looking back on it. At the time it wasn’t great, I was really shy, didn’t have too many friends, and a lot of kids thought I was weird and tried Continue Reading
What You Think Becomes Reality: Think Well!
The power of words are very impactful, both to the person saying them and the person being said to. They’re an expression of emotion and knowledge, but sometimes the words we say can begin to dictate how we think, without knowing. Especially our own self-talk and thoughts. I am 25 Continue Reading
The Important Difference Between Being “Busy” and “Responsible”
Busy and Responsible When we look at these two words they seem to be pretty much synonymous with each other. In reality, though, there is one key difference between the two that can affect your mentality and your lifestyle. Busy means that you are spending or dedicating time because you Continue Reading
Never Stagnate! Is It a Journey If You’re Not Moving?
In Semper-Fi, Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way, Dan Carrison points out an effective strategy that the armed forces use in order to keep servicemembers continually focused on progression! On their uniforms, there are markings for both time in the service as well as their pay grade (Carrison and Walsh Continue Reading
Little by Little
A little goes a long way; whether it be saving your money, practicing a hobby, or just generally making steps towards your goals. In our fast-paced society, we feel as if we are always pressed for time. Most of our days are consumed by work, and then you get to Continue Reading
Plane Crashes
What do commercial plane crashes between different countries’ airlines have to do with our attitude for how we train in the martial arts? In Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers, he points out that in the 1980’s Korean Air had a crash to flight ratio that was 10 times that of any other Continue Reading
All Out Effort
One of our regional masters has a saying for training, and everyday life: habits you train are habits you gain. When you run into something you find boring, too repetitive, or seemingly unimportant, don’t be so quick to dismiss it. More than likely it has great benefits if you give Continue Reading
What is Expert?
What is an expert? We were having a review for this blog a couple weeks ago, and something Ana said bothered me. It bothered me not because she said anything against my view of technique, philosophy or values of martial arts. It bothered me because she was selling herself short. Continue Reading
Do It Well
It may seem easier to go through your everyday tasks as fast as possible, so you can maximize completing the number of things you need to do in one day. For example, many people do their laundry relatively quickly (maybe a few hours), but it takes them days to sort Continue Reading