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19 Dec 2024
YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK

You become what you think. I have been a human like everyone. I have harbored hatred and had to learn forgiveness. I have thought detriment to myself and others, which cost me physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I have chosen before not to look into myself and chose to distract myself with falsehoods and pleasures. I have chosen otherwise and been granted prosperity from it. I am human like you, and I have learned we do become what we think. Feed your mind with fruitful thoughts and it will grow like a garden. Poison it and surely, the garden will fail. But it is a garden you can ALWAYS bring back to life. It starts with one seed at a time no matter how much darkness and ....
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12 Dec 2024
GRATEFUL

I want to say how grateful I am to have such good people and families within our dojo. I had the fortune of being invited to a bonfire with two of our finest families at the dojo over the weekend. They were so gracious in their hospitality, providing some tasty hot apple cider and the perfect thing for bonfires, SMORES! I am not a guy that gets out much due to my busy schedule and focus on the dojo. I can tell you, though, it was such a delight to sit down, relax, and just laugh with these amazing people. I got to hear some of the preposterous things that kids say when they are around each other lol, since three of the four children at the house are students at the dojo. It melted my heart ....
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5 Dec 2024
PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOU

People will judge you without knowing you. People will hate when they see you’re doing better than them. People tear others down to make themselves feel better. But how do you counteract this? How do you not let it bother you when so many people do let it? Live an honest life and aim to always do good with it. If you know yourself, what you stand for, and everyday live to be the best version of yourself you can be, then your worst critic - yourself - will feel validated. It’s not easy. But being honest will allow for no one to dictate what others say or feel about you. And when you aim to give good to the world that can often be so cruel, no matter how mean the world can ....
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28 Nov 2024
MISSION STATEMENT

I wanted to share with all of you my mission statement and then explain in depth why that is. Our mission statement is: To permanently change people's lives for the better through veracity, family, and martial arts. I acknowledge this as my business's missions statement because one - karate has changed me and shown me how it PERMANENTLY changes people's lives for the better. I have students of MANY backgrounds over the years. To name a few, some students have come to me after being sold for sex and drugs. Some students have been through the foster system in more than 8 homes. Some students have been brutally jumped and beaten within inches of their lives. These traumatic events cause ....
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25 Nov 2024
How are you always so cheerful

"How are you always so cheerful?" Simple, I choose to be happy. I am just like you. I have my moments where I just feel off. I feel I am not happy. I feel not whole at certain moments. I used to dissociate and not live in the moment, yet be hyper successful in what I was doing. I had no memories of those successes, though, and never appreciated or lived in the moment as I wished I had. My body was in a constant fight, flight, or freeze sequence, but I learned how to operate in that heightened state anyway. It was not healthy, though effective. It took me years to counteract. So when I have moments where I feel off or am in my head too much, I ask myself how to get back on track and feel ....
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15 Oct 2024
SELF ADVANCEMENT

Comparison with others is useless. This practice only nags at us when we are unable to achieve someone else’s greatness and opens the door to jealousy, envy, greed, competition, and even hatred. Comparison with our best or higher self is what opens the door to true advancement and healing and positions us on the road to success. By improving our personal attributes and characteristics little by little, we then incrementally climb upwards to become our higher self. Begin in small ways. Simple things can and do make a profound difference. Ten items to consider for self-advancement are: Talk less, listen more. Watch less visual media, read more Sit less, move more. Eat less ....
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8 Oct 2024
WHAT IS SANCHIN

Sanchin is a KATA that builds muscular strength, improves blood circulation, and helps develop proper breathing methods. Sanchin has existed since ancient times in Fujien Province in southern China but was altered and further developed by the Okinawan karate master Kanryo Higaonna (1852-1915). Schools of karate that practice sanchin include Shito-Ryu and Goju-Ryu. A somewhat different version of sanchin , independent of Higaonna’s alterations, is also practiced by students of Uechi-Ryu. The san in sanchin means three, while the second ideogram, chin , is written as “battle” or “conflict” (Although the second ideogram is pronounced sen in ....
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1 Oct 2024
WHAT IS PINAN (HEIAN)

Pinan in karate refers to a series of five KATA that are among the most widely practiced by beginners. Pinan is the original, Okinawan pronunciation, hei in standard Japanese, some schools of karate call the kata heian . Whichever way it is pronounced, the first ideogram means “peace,” while the second, an , means “tranquility.” Together, the name symbolizes the ultimate goal of karate: to achieve tranquil peace both socially and spiritually. The five pinan kata were developed by an Okinawan karate master, Yasutsune Itosu (1830-1915), who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in the history of karate. Because their movements exclude the ....
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24 Sep 2024
WHAT IS ZANSHIN

When you complete a KATA, it is customary to spend a few seconds looking at the direction of your last attack. Even as you return to a natural, standing position, you should maintain your focus in that same direction a few seconds linger. This makes sense when you consider kata to be a sequence of techniques against imaginary opponents. You have to make sure upon the completion of the kata that your last opponent has been completely dealt with and will not be attacking you again. This is called zanshin . The word is made up of two ideograms: zan , which means “to leave,” and shin , which means “mind” or “consciousness.” Therefore, zanshin is ....
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17 Sep 2024
WHAT IS KATA

Kata means, “form.” In karate the word refers to the method of practice by which students go through a series of techniques that have been arranged in a particular order. All Japanese martial arts, such as kendo and judo, have kata practice, but karate is the only one in which kata can be done by just one person. You have probably seen a karate kata even if you did not know what the word meant until now. It is an exercise that can look like an intricate dance. Students throw punches, kicks and other techniques in the air, imagining opponents coming at them from all directions. Sometimes, it is very clear from their movements what they are doing. Other movements are more ....
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YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK

GRATEFUL

PEOPLE WILL JUDGE YOU

MISSION STATEMENT

How are you always so cheerful

SELF ADVANCEMENT

WHAT IS SANCHIN

WHAT IS PINAN (HEIAN)

WHAT IS ZANSHIN

WHAT IS KATA

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