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Apr 4, 20213 min read

Stress Management Strategy

Strategy #1: Avoid unnecessary stress Not all stress can be avoided, and it’s not healthy to avoid a situation that needs to be...

Mar 28, 20211 min read

Wisdom for an Inspired Life

“Fall in Love with the Process” 1. Become the Process - Work for Yourself and work on Yourself. Love what you do! 2. Success contains...

Mar 27, 20211 min read

A Martial Artist should be a Diplomat

A martial artist should be a diplomat. A diplomat must be flexible, tactful and quick to adjust to changing conditions. Living in a big...

Mar 7, 20212 min read

Martial Arts Training - Body Language

There are both conscious and subconscious forms of body language. These ‘signals’ or displays demonstrate a person’s intent before...

Mar 1, 20211 min read

Systema Russian Martial Art

Spent a lot of time training this weekend. Mostly looking at my Systema practices. My kids commented on the fighting as they watched me....

Feb 16, 20211 min read

Heroism

The ancient Greeks devised an easy two-step test for telling apart heroism and impulse: Would you do it again? And could you? When the...

Feb 16, 20212 min read

DO YOU EVER GET TIRED OF YOURSELF?

I have been asking this question to students for years and I would say 99% would say YES. On face value that would seems odd especially...

Feb 16, 20216 min read

Excerpt from the book on Flow

Flow The surgeon in the operating room feels flow; so does the rock climber on a cliff, the athlete in the midst of a game or the mother...

Dec 5, 20202 min read

LOCKS AND THROWS

By first having students rotate, move and manipulate a partner's joints one at a time they get a first hand feel for how they work. Care...

Dec 5, 20202 min read

Evasion

Evasion skills are a large part of the training curriculum. Favored over blocks, evasion techniques are efficient and keep the hands and...

Dec 5, 20201 min read

Movement

Movement is paramount. The body is in constant movement, even when you believe it to be still. Blood is moving and organs functioning,...

Nov 30, 20202 min read

Breathing

If you cannot control your breathing, life will not fair well for you. When you consider how many bodily functions are regulated...