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‘Cult of Personality’ in Martial Arts

Martial arts instructors have the ability to positively impact the lives of their students in profound ways. They not only ...

The Essential Ingredient for Learning: Struggle

Martial arts is a demanding discipline that requires dedication and perseverance from its students. However, many people fall short of ...

Practicing Self-Discipline

Slightly contradicting a popular paradigm of self-discipline, I am offering a different idea of what it means to be disciplined, ...

Four Hard Truths about Martial Arts

Nothing is guaranteed (and you’re not invincible). I’m often asked, “What will always work in a fight?” The truth is ...

Be Unconquerable

We are living in unprecedented times with a pandemic that is affecting all of our lives, some much more severely ...

Don’t Just Make a Resolution, Make a Commitment. And Here Is How…

It’s almost the new year and people will be trying to think of New Year’s resolutions. My tip to you: DON’T!  Don’t ...

Building Detail-Oriented Habits

How does standing in a ready stance lead to academic success? People do not always understand the benefits of structured ...

Making it Stick

Martial arts schools are going to adopt different means of training and motivation. Much of how martial arts is taught ...

Is more better? Understanding and Proficiency in the Execution is Key.

Is knowing more techniques better? Is more complex more advanced? Do I need more kata to be a more advanced ...

Growth Through Challange and Adversity

Martial arts practice will allow you to deal with a spectrum of emotions. I love every chance I get to ...