The Best Lessons Learned in Martial Arts…

…are never about martial arts, fighting, or the such The best lessons are those regarding yourself, and how you interact with yourself and the world.

Cultural Conversations, Issue #1

“How people interact with the world is not so much determined by their cultural background, upbringing, or social class; but more about how they view themselves – on a personal, spiritual, and emotional level. “ *This came from having a conversation with an older lady friend of mine who I had dinner with today.

Punching Water

Today (yesterday) I was in a fury over my situation of not knowing what to do with my life (along with other frustrations at that moment) .  I was walking along side of a small pond and in a sudden rush of fury, I knelt down and punched the water. Needlessly to say my whole…

Martial Musings: Bruce Lee and Continuing the Great Journey

I can’t sleep, it’s 3:30am here, and I feel like someone’s (or something) is in the room with me. Whatever So Bruce Lee passed away 40 years ago yesterday. Guess I should have written something yesterday. But in start off, Bruce Lee’s legend is to put it simply: immortal. Some 40 years after his death…

Martial Discoveries: What kind of Man are You?

– Now in Aikido we aren’t about competition or sparring, however there is a magic about what happens in my dojo that shows who a person is. My Sensei seems to be able to drop a lot of allusions of how I move to who I am as a person, as a man. All a…

Martial Discoveries: Fighting to the Top

In this edition of Martial Discoveries: Articles: 1.) I ran into this series on the blog An Honest Philosophy, run by a Muay Thai teacher. In this series of posts he addresses the issue of how to choose the right martial arts school for you. I wrote something similar regarding how to choose the best…

Martial Wisdom – March 7

All thought is partial, it can never be total. Thought is the response of memory, and memory is always partial, because memory is the result of experience; so thought is the reaction of a mind which is conditioned by experience.  ~ Bruce Lee (from “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living”)

Martial Discoveries: Chinese stuff

Nothing much was discovered this third time around. But I did find a few things: Articles – Black Belt Magazine just did a piece on Bob Wall, who many of you might recognize as the white dude who was smashed to bits by Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon. I found it interesting to read it because…

Motivational Posters; February 6th, 2013

Most of the Great Martial Artists were ISTPs

…In my very, very humble theory. I have a feeling that a lot of the “great” martial art masters – the one’s who created their own martial arts were ISTPs. Here’s why; but before I continue, here is a portrait of what an ISTP is: – Keirsey.com (ISTP): The nature of Crafters is most clearly seen in…