Articles by Eric Kastengren

Full Disclosure: The school I am an instructor at teaches kids and teenagers, and we do have a Junior Black Belt grade. A retest (with additional material) is required at age 16 to receive a full black belt. The opinions expressed here are my own only, legal mumbo jumbo, yadda [Read More]

The open letter I’d love to write, but would never send…   Dear Parent/Spectator, I spend a lot of my time looking at my feet. Part of it is as I am getting older I am working ever harder at making sure I can still see them as I stand [Read More]

The Reality Of Perception I consider myself a fan of British comedy. I adore Monty Python, and I’m also a big fan of Eddie Izzard. Find his HBO Special “Dressed to Kill” sometime; he has a way of talking about language that is quite similar to George Carlin. The example [Read More]

The Long, Winding, And Unexpected Road to Black Belt At one point or another in our studies, we’ve come across one version or another of this question: “How long does it take for a normal person to get their black belt?” Well, normal people don’t get a black belt. We [Read More]