The Treadmill of Karate Rank and the hedonic treadmill. The hedonic treadmill. (Here is a link to Psychology Today on the hedonic treadmill) Hedonism is a set of theories about pleasure and how it sho

The Secret of Your Consistent Karate. The secret is consistency, and we all know that is the secret. The reason it is hard to describe and share with others is the idea and behavior of consistency is

Best Teaching for Boomerang Students. Here are four keynotes to integrating a former student back into the flow of the dojo. And I give you a real-world example.

Chuck Merriman. A flame cast by a good man in the world of karate has been dimmed with the passing of Chuck Merriman

Black Belt Boomerang is Good. Going back to the school, back to the dojo is a fantastic act. But first we need to review The Black Belt Bolt. Reaching back to an older episode of Martial Arts and Life

The Crippling Effects of Too Much Karate. A saying that I cannot give proper attribution to goes this way, “A wealth of information causes a poverty of wisdom.” Data, information, and wisdom. Data, we

Your Karate Will Never Die. It is the truth. Something’s die and some things don’t. The story of eternal life is a scary and yet comforting one depending on the source of the animation. The Dead and D

Why do some people move you? Opening up our skulls. I love comedians Shelly Burman, Bill Cosby, and Norm MacDonald. The death of Norm MacDonald was a gut punch to me. As celebrities’ deaths can affect

The Debt You Owe Your Karate Teacher. Let’s take a journey down a road to a new way to look at the idea of a debt owed by you to your martial arts instructor.

Did you leave something behind? The great masters of martial arts have left behind, martial arts techniques. The martial arts masters have also left a few pieces of wisdom.