Self-Defense
How to Determine Your Child’s Ninja Smarts Safety Quotient
This quiz on Ninja Smarts is about personal safety for youth. It helps adults start important conversations which are often difficult (drug use, strangers, weapons in school). It includes positive samurai affirmations to counteract the “yucky.” The blog gives tips to parents, and gives kids a safety quotient.
Read MoreOn Accurate Thinking: Not What, but How to Think
We are taught and constantly inundated with information and nuances about what we should think. But now it is time for us to learn discernment and accurate thinking, and then to put our own minds to good use.
Read MoreHow do I Love Karate? Let me Count the Ways
Here, I share my passion for traditional Okinawan karate! After over two decades of karate training, here is my countdown list of the things that I love.
Read MoreConfidence is Number One in Karate
I felt as if a weight had been removed from my shoulders and I didn’t have to be afraid anymore. Later, I realized confidence is number one on my list.
Read More7 Safety Tips for Safeguarding Your Children
Parents have the responsibility of keeping their growing kids safe. These safety tips can be a solid starting point for you to build your family’s safety.
Read MoreKarate Teaches you to Believe in Yourself
Karate teaches you to believe in yourself and I have seen that to be true whether you are one of the youngest students, a teenager, or a full grown adult.
Read MoreKarate Teaches You How to Fight & How Not to
Parents considering martial arts classes are sometimes concerned about the violence of it. It’s not a bad thing for potential karate parents to be concerned that karate teaches you how to fight.
Read MoreMartial Arts High-Pressure Sales Whistleblower
I have sometimes felt that I’ve heard it all when it comes to training and schools. Including the various methods of martial arts high-pressure sales which often start out as a free class.
Read MoreWhy Traditional Okinawan Karate?
In its early development, traditional Okinawan karate was strictly a way to protect one’s self and one’s family, as well as the community. Good traditional schools preserve that tradition so that modern practitioners are well able to do the same.
Read MoreRequirements for Awesome Karate Instructors
Different karate schools can vary greatly, however there are some basic and universal things required that make awesome karate instructors at any age, regardless of rank.
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