This past November, when I saw that the Tai Chi Broadsword class was being offered at the school again, I decided to try my hand at it again. I had taken the class about 5 years prior but had not really grasped it. That first time I took the class, I had never held a [...]
Martial Arts Training Saves A Student’s Life
January 24 by Comments 2
I received a call from a good friend in the martial arts, Sifu Robert Brown, who offers martial arts classes in two locations just outside of Detroit, Michigan. He called to tell me that his student, “Sun”, a computer consultant, was ambushed and nearly stabbed to death just after he had arrived at a client’s [...]
How Will Your Life Change in the New Year?
December 17 by Comments 0
As another year comes to an end, it is a common practice to look ahead, make resolutions, plan to be better, accomplish more, and simply hope for a good year, maybe even a better year, where our lives are somehow different with more happiness and peace. And soon after we’re in the full swing of [...]
All Together Now: Want To Change The World?
December 8 by Comments 0
We all need people who inspire us. We observe specific qualities in certain people that help make us want to be better in some way. We may try to emulate those qualities that agree with our thoughts of what is good, or right, accepted, or we just think are “cool”. There may be someone that [...]
Think On This… Oneness
December 8 by Comments 0
As with anything of value, the concept of Oneness must be experienced to be understood. There is no intellectual path to understanding Oneness, except in the imagination of what it might be. Think of it this way: if you were looking to find water you cannot dig little holes all over the place and expect [...]
Thoughts on Thanksgiving
December 8 by Comments 0
There is a very intriguing holiday on the horizon for us. That holiday is Thanksgiving. It’s the time of year when we gather our family and close ones together, break bread and give thanks for what we are and what we have. It’s a holiday that requires little more than preparing a meal, eating and [...]
Improving Your “Game” with Practice
December 7 by Comments 0
In this most recent installment of “Finding the Greatness Within You”, we will explore a whole other realm beyond the physical and into the ultimate goal of the practice of real martial arts — to discover who you really are; your True Self; your True Nature. I realize this third part in the series is going to [...]
YOU First
December 7 by Comments 0
Some say relationships should be 50/50. I disagree. A truly successful relationship must be 100/100. When two complete people come together they will have the best chance of having a happy, fulfilling, and successful long-lasting relationship. A common notion when two people come together is the idea that they complete each other. This is really [...]
A Sense Of Completion
December 7 by Comments 0
Another year has come and gone. Has it been different for you than previous years? Do you remember the good and the bad, the challenges you faced and how you dealt with them? Did you learn, did you change, or will 2006 be just more of the same? People love to know when something is [...]
Allowing The Art To Work Its Magic
December 7 by Comments 0
This article is “Part 2” of “Finding The Greatness Within You”, When we properly practice, and study, real martial arts the benefits go beyond what most people realize. The practice of real martial arts goes much deeper than the experience one has with kickboxing to music or tournament fighting competitions. Maybe you just want to [...]
