No matter where you are in your martial arts journey, your martial arts training is a key element of your journey.  In many ways, the training is the journey because it is the vehicle that transports us from where we are ability-wise to where we want to be with our abilities.  Here are some elements […]

1a)  The Virtues of Combative Ability Part I: A Deterministic World View 1b) The Virtues of Combative Ability Part II: An Attraction-Based World View 2)  Attraction Based Thinking In Aikido 3)  Tactically Covered 4)  Changing Your Worldview Will Change Your World 5)  Why You Should Carry an Appreciation Stone I thought that picking five top […]

For most modern-day-mainstream-Americans, the world militia might conjure up images of rednecks with excessive amounts of guns calling each other colonel all the time.  It is unfortunate that opinion of such an important part of our American history has fallen to such a low image in the eye of the general public.  At its founding […]

Among other things, Taekwondo forms involve the precise execution of techniques including stances.  The practice of forms can teach us many things such as attention to detail (because there are millions of details in forms to pay attention to), body coordination, and technique flow and familiarity. We learn these things by repeatedly practicing the forms […]

Often times when I am faced with a task that I don’t know how I will complete, I feel a little overwhelmed.  Not knowing how I will complete a task also means that I don’t know how long that particular task would take, and I since I usually have other things that need doing too, […]

For much of my life, I have suffered from a condition known as people pleasing.  I cared so much about pleasing others that I would often take steps to please others that would be disadvantageous to myself.  I’ve done favors for people who’d never do the same for me, hung out with people who had […]

The more I learn about the Laws of Attraction and Universal Abundance, the more I believe them to be the epitome of martial arts philosophical teachings.  I have yet to find a shred of evidence against this sentiment.  The things that one carries in one’s heart will be reflected in one’s outer world.  One who […]

Here I am; it’s almost midnight on Sunday night, and I have no idea what to post about.  Yes, I should have taken care of my post much earlier in the week.  I could probably give some reasons why my post didn’t get done until now, but those would just sound like excuses.  My head […]

So how fast is it?  I have always valued a fast reaction time, but I had never thought to quantify mine before.  I came across a blog post on Urbansurvialblog today.  The bottom of the post contains a brief game to test and quantify your reaction time. It should be clear why reaction time is important […]

Wow, I can’t believe this is my 50th weekly post.  That means that we hagsaeng naebu have been writing these weekly posts for almost a year.  Time sure flies. Anyway, this week I saw an awesome documentary about nutrition and holistic health. Last night, I watched Fat Sick and Nearly Dead that was produced by Joe Cross. […]