Self-Defense? Oh Yeah, It’s About Diet Soda (Or is it?)
Did you, by chance, see the article on-line that reported a study about drinking diet soda? The report suggested that there was a 61% higher risk of vascular events (like strokes and heart attacks) for people who (more…)
I personally believe your most important team you will ever be on is your family. I talk about this with our students from day one of their training in the martial arts. As in the world of sports or business, the teammate that values others and does things that makes others on the team better is extremely valuable to team. So how does this apply to the family?
1. Great leaders / parents believe in their teammates. That means each spouse trusts and believes in the other and that both of them set expectations for their children, not based on what they have seen in the past, or on what others might think, but rather on the values, ethics and morals of their own family. Children will only perform (more…)
By Tom Callos for Master Matt Edgington
You didn’t start your study of the martial arts to “go through the motions” of it all, did you? Of course you didn’t, but look around you in your next class and I’ll bet you spot a number of your classmates doing that very thing, going through the motions. It’s human nature to get distracted, to multi-task, and wander off course.
To deepen and strengthen your practice so that you (more…)