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(MAR 2025)

Teaching Self-Defense: It’s Time to Be Honest – One Size Doesn’t Fit All. image

Teaching Self-Defense: It’s Time to Be Honest – One Size Doesn’t Fit All.

MAR 31, 2025

Balance in Combat – Mastering Your Center of Gravity. image

Balance in Combat – Mastering Your Center of Gravity.

MAR 30, 2025

Exploring Kata: More Than Techniques. From Motion to Meaning. image

Exploring Kata: More Than Techniques. From Motion to Meaning.

MAR 28, 2025

Stillness and Action: Finding Zen in Every Movement. image

Stillness and Action: Finding Zen in Every Movement.

MAR 27, 2025

Karate and Kobudo: Two Paths, One Tradition – Complementary, Not Opposing. image

Karate and Kobudo: Two Paths, One Tradition – Complementary, Not Opposing.

MAR 26, 2025

Styles Define the Path – But the Practitioner Defines the Journey. image

Styles Define the Path – But the Practitioner Defines the Journey.

MAR 25, 2025

The Ferret’s Way: Tenacity, Effort, and the Spirit of ‘Ganbaru’. image

The Ferret’s Way: Tenacity, Effort, and the Spirit of ‘Ganbaru’.

MAR 24, 2025

A Lifelong Commitment: Tie The Belt, The Path Could Be Long. image

A Lifelong Commitment: Tie The Belt, The Path Could Be Long.

MAR 23, 2025

Barefoot Training and the Role of Shoes in Karate Practice: Tradition and Practicality. image

Barefoot Training and the Role of Shoes in Karate Practice: Tradition and Practicality.

MAR 22, 2025

Blinded by Assumptions: Think You Know? Maybe You Should Think Again. image

Blinded by Assumptions: Think You Know? Maybe You Should Think Again.

MAR 21, 2025

Rattling the Cage: Karate and the Questioning Mind. image

Rattling the Cage: Karate and the Questioning Mind.

MAR 20, 2025

Personal Safety: Self-defense Goes Way Beyond the Physical. image

Personal Safety: Self-defense Goes Way Beyond the Physical.

MAR 18, 2025

Beyond the syllabus: True progress starts when you look deeper. image

Beyond the syllabus: True progress starts when you look deeper.

MAR 17, 2025

I Can or I Can’t – The Choice Is Yours. Real Training Begins When You Want to Stop. image

I Can or I Can’t – The Choice Is Yours. Real Training Begins When You Want to Stop.

MAR 16, 2025

When Self-Defense is Just Pruning Your Roses. image

When Self-Defense is Just Pruning Your Roses.

MAR 14, 2025

Purpose-Driven Practice: Cut Through the Unnecessary, Focus on Function. image

Purpose-Driven Practice: Cut Through the Unnecessary, Focus on Function.

MAR 12, 2025

Walking with My Teachers – A Moment of Reflection. image

Walking with My Teachers – A Moment of Reflection.

MAR 11, 2025

From Tradition to Function: Making Every Stance Count. image

From Tradition to Function: Making Every Stance Count.

MAR 10, 2025

Can You Really Apply That Lock? Reality vs. Fantasy. image

Can You Really Apply That Lock? Reality vs. Fantasy.

MAR 09, 2025

Cognitive Dissonance in Training: When Belief Clashes with Reality. image

Cognitive Dissonance in Training: When Belief Clashes with Reality.

MAR 08, 2025

No One Size Fits All: Are You Training for the Wrong Fight? Finding Your Path in Martial Arts. image

No One Size Fits All: Are You Training for the Wrong Fight? Finding Your Path in Martial Arts.

MAR 07, 2025

The Ugly Truth of Self-defense - Keep Your Training Grounded. image

The Ugly Truth of Self-defense - Keep Your Training Grounded.

MAR 06, 2025

Not All Grades Are Equal: A True Grading Tests Understanding, Not Just Memory. image

Not All Grades Are Equal: A True Grading Tests Understanding, Not Just Memory.

MAR 05, 2025

Knowing Isn’t Understanding: True Knowledge Takes Time. image

Knowing Isn’t Understanding: True Knowledge Takes Time.

MAR 04, 2025

A student also had to have a good character or they wouldn’t teach him. image

"A student also had to have a good character or they wouldn’t teach him."

MAR 02, 2025

More Than Childcare: Equipping Children for True Real-World Safety. image

More Than Childcare: Equipping Children for True Real-World Safety.

MAR 01, 2025

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