I hope you can hear this writing for the lesson that I’m telling you that I have learned in the past thirty-some hours, and not that I’m tooting my horn.

[Too Tired to Blow.]

Yesterday I was contacted by a former student around 1:00 pm while I was at work.  He asked if anything ever happened to him if I would be willing to take care of his pet snake (I also own a ball ( Read more... )

Ok, so there is a much deeper dynamic going on with in my school right now, because there is a much deeper dynamic going on in my life, all of which is completely craptastic, but the big and the small of it is, my wife and I broke up, I am the one who ended our partnership and a few of my higher ranks, one in particular has been acting as if I ( Read more... )

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My question to you is, what is the difference between Karate Do and Karate Juitsu?  And....Can you have one without the other?

After 76 years' hard work and dedication, and much sexism, Sensei Keiko Fukuda gets her 10th dan at the age of 98.

What a woman. Words... I don't even... *seiza rei*

Hi =) My name's Anaghia. I'm seventeen, I live up north in the USA, and I like martial arts ( Read more... )

Looks like I'm back in Taekwondo again! Some of the instructors I got along with really well ended up opening their own school. I'm attending there now ( Read more... )

Okay compatriots, I need some help. I am desperately seeking a shirt to go under my dobok, since the neckline plunges far into boob territory. Currently I wear a white t-shirt, but the sleeves ride up, the sides are too baggy, and it takes some adjusting during class. So I'm looking for a sleeveless, more well-fitted one. All the workout shirts ( Read more... )

 What is loyalty in the dojo? The common belief is that a student, should be loyal to their school, or their instructor. What exactly does that mean? How do I show loyalty to my sensei? Show up every class, try hard, and NO moonlighting? Is it possible to betray your school/instructor ( Read more... )

THE QUESTION.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing…you’ll never get it done! ~ Bruce Lee

In practicality, how can we grow towards self actualization without over thinking? Without just practicing moves until automaticity?

Another great quote many people have said though out time is, “Don’t think, feel.” ~ Origin unknown. If our way ( Read more... )