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(NOV 2024)

Winning Is Just the Beginning: Karate – Beyond the Trophies and the Medals. image

Winning Is Just the Beginning: Karate – Beyond the Trophies and the Medals.

NOV 29, 2024

The Calm Before the Storm: Recognizing the Signs To Stay One Step Ahead. Spot the Cues, Avoid the Danger. image

The Calm Before the Storm: Recognizing the Signs To Stay One Step Ahead. Spot the Cues, Avoid the Danger.

NOV 27, 2024

Control the Threat: Recognize It, React to It, and Resolve It. image

Control the Threat: Recognize It, React to It, and Resolve It.

NOV 26, 2024

When Confidence Becomes Complacency: Locked Minds, Limited Skills. image

When Confidence Becomes Complacency: Locked Minds, Limited Skills.

NOV 24, 2024

More Than a Sprint: Running Away vs. Escape Skills. They’re Not the Same. image

More Than a Sprint: Running Away vs. Escape Skills. They’re Not the Same.

NOV 23, 2024

Karate in Context: It’s Not What You Know, But How You Apply It. image

Karate in Context: It’s Not What You Know, But How You Apply It.

NOV 21, 2024

Staying the Course: Making Martial Arts a Part of Who You Are. image

Staying the Course: Making Martial Arts a Part of Who You Are.

NOV 20, 2024

Predicting the Unpredictable: Every Movement in Combat Tells a Story. image

Predicting the Unpredictable: Every Movement in Combat Tells a Story.

NOV 19, 2024

The Unseen Influence of the Quiet Sensei: Not Seeking Recognition, But Commanding Respect. image

The Unseen Influence of the Quiet Sensei: Not Seeking Recognition, But Commanding Respect.

NOV 18, 2024

The Three Faces: Yes, There Is Depth, But Don’t Hide the Truth. image

The Three Faces: Yes, There Is Depth, But Don’t Hide the Truth.

NOV 17, 2024

Perfect Form, Misguided Function? The Hand That Pulls. image

Perfect Form, Misguided Function? The Hand That Pulls.

NOV 15, 2024

When ‘Real’ Karate Isn’t Quite Real Enough: Static Steps or Dynamic Survival? image

When ‘Real’ Karate Isn’t Quite Real Enough: Static Steps or Dynamic Survival?

NOV 13, 2024

Respect Cannot Be Self-Appointed: If You Call Yourself Sensei, Have You Missed the Point? image

Respect Cannot Be Self-Appointed: If You Call Yourself Sensei, Have You Missed the Point?

NOV 12, 2024

Creativity in Motion: The Power of Possibility Through Asking the Right Questions. image

Creativity in Motion: The Power of Possibility Through Asking the Right Questions.

NOV 10, 2024

Teaching Karate? Then Get It Right. When the Internet Gets It Wrong. image

Teaching Karate? Then Get It Right. When the Internet Gets It Wrong.

NOV 08, 2024

The Trouble With Trying to Do It All: Have Clarity of Purpose and Choose the Right Path. image

The Trouble With Trying to Do It All: Have Clarity of Purpose and Choose the Right Path.

NOV 07, 2024

Common Ground: Universal Principles and a Shared Language – Different Paths, Similar Movements. image

Common Ground: Universal Principles and a Shared Language – Different Paths, Similar Movements.

NOV 06, 2024

Inhale Presence, Exhale Tension: Grounded in Breath, Connected in Spirit. image

Inhale Presence, Exhale Tension: Grounded in Breath, Connected in Spirit.

NOV 04, 2024

The Missing Ingredient in your training: Dedication. image

The Missing Ingredient in your training: Dedication.

NOV 03, 2024

Karate: Art or Illusion? No – Let’s Get Back to Reality. image

Karate: Art or Illusion? No – Let’s Get Back to Reality.

NOV 01, 2024

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