Articles by Nick Taber

One of my favorite things in my life is to have someone say to me that things cannot be done. For someone to underestimate me and my abilities and then count me out before I even tried or started. Over the years when I started to collaborate with other martial [Read More]

A martial arts school is a pillar for the community and a symbol of how people can be the best versions of themselves. Every organization has a pillar of beliefs that helps them govern themselves and show the outside world who they are deeper than the surface level. Martial Arts [Read More]

When I was 5 years old, my mom was picking me up from kindergarten and the student teacher asked if she could speak with her.  She explained that she had thoughts to share. I was asked if I could wait in the hallway for the ride home. Neither of them [Read More]

As a disabled person, you have many roadblocks in your life. There are things that people assume that you cannot do. In life, when you reach a roadblock you cannot quit, you need to get around it and move forward. Martial Arts teaches you how to do this. If you [Read More]

In 1991, I began my journey in the world of self-defense training in Tiverton Rhode Island on a sunny day in mid-march. My Dad had taken me to my first and only Tee-ball game to play in. On the way home we passed by a dojo that had a sign [Read More]