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Spirit first, technique second. A great martial artist once said that! You can have perfect techniques and fail in a confrontation. I’ve had many students that when they performed their techniques they had perfect form, stance and execution but no spirit. Yes that can make a difference! In a fighting situation sometimes the one [...] One of the more important life lessons that karate can teach you is about yourself. Everyone should know what they are capable of, who they are and what they would like to achieve. Imagine if kids actually thought about what they want and how to achieve it. Imagine if kids where challenged to become better, [...] A wise man said, Karate is an aid to justice! How so? We’ll does he mean that we are going to go out as a vigilante force and right the ills and wrongs of an unjust society. Hmmmm? Not so fast Batman! Yaaah, I’m Karate Man, stop what you are doing or I’ll karate chop [...] An important precept to engender is “There is no first strike in karate.” These are words to live by. If you live a peaceable, sane and non-confrontational manner, you may never even think about violating this precept. If you don’t deliver the first strike, in most cases you are absolved of responsibility for the [...] Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei (Bow). Difficult concept for some people to grasp. With all the focus on violence and fighting in movies using karate. One would surmise that the bad sensei in karate kid was the norm. You would think that all karate instruction was taught with attacking in [...] Have you ever been so mad that you could just …………… Well it happens. The difference between the people that go to jail for over reacting or reacting like most people would like to, is self control. There are times when we all lose control and step into that time warp, or go over to [...] I know the 3 Most Correct Words. I’ve used them. Are they some kind of words of affirmation NO. Are they a question? NO. Are they a prediction about Ben Roethlisberger’s future. Absolutely NO. The 3 Most Correct Words are No I Can’t! Yep, NO I can’t, not yes I can! There’s a saying, [...] Believe it or not the difference between good and great is not much, it’s only a few inches. It varies between individuals. In kids the difference between good and great may be 3 inches and the difference between good and great in adults may be 4 to 5 inches. Huh???? The difference between good and [...] Someone once said, “If you want something done ask a busy person”. I watch the parents of my students come in here and say if I’m not back when you let them out please tell them to stay inside cause I have to pick up my daughter/son at dance or soccer or football or baseball. [...] Another Friday and my students have made one week closer to their goal. Some anyway. If you are serious, every week you should re-evaluate your progress and see how far you’ve come and what you learned the past week. Did I solve my problems with my kata. In shotokan karate there is a series of [...] |
 
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