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.  [...]

The Same but Different

My wife, Ms. EMA, recently started back to Tae Kwon Do after a long absence.  She has previously been a 2nd Dan in Korea.  I will tell you from personal experience that she is very quick and her stance transitions are quite smooth.  It was not a night of my class so I volunteered to take [...]