A funny thing happened to me in class once and it made me realize something really important.
A student was trying for their first stripe, they didn’t meet their physical requirements and so they didn’t receive their stripe. This doesn’t happen often, but it certainly happens.
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There’s a funny thing that happens in the martial arts. Ask any martial arts teacher and they’ll back me up on this…
In fact, even if you’ve never trained, I guarantee that you’ve done it too.
Read the full article…I remember hearing an idea once and it totally changed my life. It was so simple and it offered me infinite hope.
Just a few days ago, I was reading Harry Potter with my daughter and Dumbledore recited nearly the exact same thing and I thought that if Dumbledore is going to offer similar wisdom, well then it must apply to more people than just myself.
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A funny thing happens when I’m teaching a new technique or concept. Students will give it a try and then they will fall into one of two categories…
After that, the second group usually says one of two things…
Read the full article…Last week I was speaking to a student at the school and we started talking about experiences and how they build courage. I was telling him that I was thinking about doing something totally new and that it really scared me. It was something that was really outside of my comfort zone.
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When I first started my training, I remember having a few training partners that were really great partners and influenced my development as a martial artist by pushing me to improve.
In BJJ, I’ve been working on a glitch that I have in my game and so this week, two of my friends just helped me drill a specific thing. I don’t think that I have it down 100% but I’m definitely better than I was before and my partners certainly helped.
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Years ago I heard a story about two brothers that grew up in an abusive home and over time, their lives went in totally opposite directions.
One brother became, in most measures, successful and the other brother went on to struggle throughout life. When the two brothers were interviewed, they were asked about how their lives turned out and both attributed their current state to how they were raised.
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Part of our Black Belt testing is that you have to make a presentation. The presentation is all about your experience going from White to Black Belt. In it, students talk about what they liked and disliked, their favourite memories and more. I find the presentation really helpful because it’s a great source of feedback from people that have been in the program for a long time.
Sometimes the dislikes are totally understandable and well thought out and they make me pause and think about how we do things. Sometimes though, the dislikes are ridiculous because they’re things that are out of everyone’s control.
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Every successful person knows that their achievement depends on a community of persons working together. – Paul Ryan
One of the things that I don’t think that gets enough credit when we achieve something big, is the team that’s involved.
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