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Leveraging Modern Gaming Strategies to Maximize Your School’s Curriculum Gamification of Personal Interactions I attended a Martial Arts seminar where the Lecturer mentioned how he had updated his school’s curriculum to create new Sparring Games or Martial Arts Games to provide more entertainment to the students, or as he put [Read More]

Here’s a question for all you fine folks out there: How exactly does one go from being averse to martial arts for years to being fully immersed within a community of martial artists from around the world? Turns out it’s actually much simpler than you’d think. Humble Beginnings First and [Read More]

Confessions of a Failed Martial Arts School Owner: Part One Lifting the red and black puzzle mats off the floor, revealing the empty and imperfect vinyl imitation hardwood floor is more painful the second time around. While they only had students on them for a total of eighteen months over [Read More]

Around 2018 I became fascinated with cults. I binged as much content as I could find: articles, podcasts, documentaries, books, etc. At first, it seemed like a harmless passing interest. About nine months into that year, after months of vacillating between misery and denial, I finally admitted to myself that [Read More]

On Father’s Day, I was irritated to see so many martial arts studios and publications post the same meme. I can take a joke, but I do not like being the butt of jokes. When you consider why this is supposed to be funny, it stops being a joke and [Read More]

“What I have in my heart and soul – must find a way out. That’s the reason for music.” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven Many years ago, a friend of mine told me that when someone asked Beethoven about the meaning of one of his Symphonies he said something to the [Read More]

Swimming Through Martial Arts Before the pandemic, I was attending Krav Maga five days a week for a total of twelve and a half hours of training. I was already behind the eight-ball in terms of disabilities, so I would do anything to catch up.  Then my overworking of my [Read More]

Last year, at the height of lockdowns, I was starved for martial arts training. Much of my time as a martial artist is already cerebral – podcast, business, etc. – but pre-pandemic, I still had physical outlets. Then… whoosh. Gone. And I was left only with the mental portion. Or, [Read More]

A 21st Century Instructor The world since the pandemic has changed. The very nature of martial arts instruction has changed in many aspects. When confronted with Covid-19 martial arts instructors all over the world were subjected to the ultimate test. Partner work was gone, in-person instruction was gone and that [Read More]

Communication is at the root of everything. Whether it’s written, or verbal, or demonstrated. As martial artists, every bit of what we know was communicated to us, at some point, by some person. As the internet has grown and taken hold it’s made an impact on everything that we do [Read More]

In Krav Maga, we train to make the best of a bad situation. We use hard times to grow and improve and learn new skills that will benefit us.  Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. Gyms have been forced to close and I have been without a classroom to [Read More]