It’s Supposed to be Difficult
Martial arts practice will definitely give you the opportunity to deal with a spectrum of emotions. In my own experience, I can tell you that overall I love every chance I get to practice! …if you couldn’t already tell. However,
“I don’t wanna go!”
Parents, We’ve all been there. You enroll your child into a new activity and eventually they’re going to say something along the lines of “I don’t want to go.” How do we handle that as parents? Every parent will have
Why Kick High – When You Can Kick Low?
As I was watching my oldest daughter’s swim practice tonight, I saw two boys, maybe 11-12, show of their karate skills off in the corner of the pool grounds; just a little mock fight. Every kick they threw aimed for
The Importance of Student Teachers
The road to black belt is a long journey. And 1st Dan (degree) Black Belt is even the start of a new journey! The title of Sensei is honored to those Black Belts who will also be teachers, this title
Keep the ‘Nasties’ away!
Sweat, blood, and rock and roll! At least the first two are things you’ll find in most every Dojo. Some Dojos you can also find nasties that come with that, different types of fungus, ringworm, bacteria, blood pathogens, staff, and more.
Intensity in Training
When is it ok to have 100% intensity in Kumite or Rolling? The answer is never. For the sake of this thread, I’ll use the term Kumite to cover kumite/sparring/randori/rolling. It seems almost necessary to see how far you can push
2018 Recap
A Recap of 2018: We had a lot happen at AKJ in 2018 and are looking forward to building skill and community with each other in 2019. Empower the World! Since 2008, AKJ’s motto has been “Empower Yourself!”. One of
The Choice of Learning and Failure
There is a stigma that not-winning is directly associated with failure. However, failure is a result of giving up, blaming someone else for our own shortcomings, giving into the adverse feeling of defeat, or the unwillingness to learn from the
Creating Goals
People with goals generally outperform those without goals. In setting your goals (life, martial arts, work, etc) make sure they are specific. “Do your best” is nice, but has no direction. Ambiguous goals will lead to dissatisfaction. Set your sites
“How long will it take me to get good?”
“How long will it take me to get good?” That is a question I get quite often. There’s absolutely no way to objectively answer that. There are a myriad of things that go into your development of a skill. Things