Respect in the Martial Arts

I received a comment last week that didn’t make it past initial review, meaning it was a bit rude.  The thrust of the comment was simply that practicing martial arts was a decent enough thing to do with one’s time but that bowing and referring to senior instructors by strange titles should be beneath me.  [...]

Remembering it is supposed to be fun

I am a serious guy.  I know this about myself and sometimes I have to remind myself to relax.  I have noticed recently in my training that I was getting to the point of training and pushing myself for its own sake rather than the enjoyment of the art.  As I was making it through [...]

A struggle through class

Usually I am gung ho for class.  However, last night I was still fighting 13.1 miles of fatigue from Sunday.  It really took out my right ankle and heel; I am still feeling the effects.  As usual, once you start you are glad you came.  I got into the class which was rapid fire techniques [...]