The Martial Arts VS Sports Debate – What Do You Think?

Many people think of Judo and Taekwondo as sports because they are included along with other major sports in Olympic competition. Boxing, wrestling, Judo, taekwondo, and kickboxing are examples of martial sports. I often hear martial artists use the term “sport” as if referring to a game with no usefulness. The implication is that a sport is only for “play” and cannot be effective for self-defense, ...

“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.”

If you want to improve your life then it’s tempting to want to add more. One problem with this may be that you don’t really have the time or energy to do more though. And so your efforts to improve become short-lived.

Adding more and more just creates more stress and anxiety. Removing clutter and ...

Life unfolds. Each and every day we awake to an opportunity for re-invention. The wonder of the whole adventure is that we get to do a “re-take” on who we are, each and every day. We are not our past; the past is simply a name for the series of paths and choices we made to arrive here in the present. We ARE exactly who we continue to CHOOSE to be.
A lot of people leap at the chance to ...

The New Year is creeping up, and it’s that time of year where the words ‘New Year’ are always followed closely by ‘Resolution’. One of the most common New Year Resolutions out there is weight loss. Although every resolution is unique, most of them share one commonality; almost everybody sets one & almost everybody fails. There are a multitude of reasons why we don’t succeed when it comes to fulfilling our resolutions. So what can we do about it? Listed ...

The holiday’s are just around the corner, are you ready to tackle the onslaught of Christmas dinners/office parties/New Year’s events without completely giving up your healthy lifestyle? This is a question I get a lot at this time of year and here are a couple pieces of advice that many people have found useful:

1) Keep Training!!
If you know you will be indulging a little more when it comes to food, don’t ditch your gym-going habits. This will make things ...

Back to School Tips to Keep Students Safe

It’s time for everyone to get back into routine and the kids are going back to class. These helpful Back to School Tips for parents are great advice for students of all ages.

Parents of Primary Students:

• Find a safe route to and from school and practice it with your children.
• Join an existing Walking School Bus or Bicycle Train, or start up your own with other parents in your neighborhood.
• Identify safe places along the route, ...