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This past fall, Whistlekick launched the inaugural Never Settle Awards. These were created to honor individuals for their work and presence in their own community and that of the greater martial arts community as a whole. The Enduring Footprint is one of the awards created to honor people for their [Read More]

The whistlekick Never Settle Awards grew out of a combination of core concepts fundamental and foundational to the whistlekick brand. Ideas such as “everyone would benefit from six months of traditional martial art” and “you don’t stop being a martial artist when you walk out of the training hall” are [Read More]

In November of 2022, Whistlekick launched the first annual Never Settle Awards. We created these awards to be transparent and democratic in their nomination process and the recipient, where the recipients are voted on by their peers. The Flashlight Award is an award to put a “light” on those who [Read More]

This past November, after Free Training Day Northeast, many people stuck around for the first-ever Never Settle Awards. We’ve talked about these awards here in Martial Journal prior, but this is our first time in these pages announcing the winners. EMISSARY OF THE ARTS Stephen Watson Stephen Watson is an [Read More]

In 2022, whistlekick and Martial Journal teamed up to present the Never Settle Awards for the first time and the martial arts community responded!  Earlier this year there was a great response to the call for nominations.  Nominees from across the United States, as well as some with recognition around the globe, were submitted for the [Read More]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a unique platform where athletes from different disciplines of martial arts including BJJ, karate, wrestling, sumo, and kickboxing confront each other and display their unique and lethal fighting skills. Most elite athletes participating in UFC are experts in their foundational fighting style and own [Read More]

Martial Artists aren’t just martial artists when they are in their training space.  Whether it’s called a dojo, dojang, club, garage, gym, or something else, true Martial Artists may take off their training uniform before they leave but they don’t stop being a Martial Artist when they walk out the [Read More]

USA Today is reporting that an arbitrator has overturned the lifetime ban for Stephen Lopez, 40, handed down by the U.S. Center for SafeSport in September of this year. Stephen was a two-time Olympic champion in Taekwondo. According to the report, arbitrator Jeff Kaplan rescinded the lifetime ban on December [Read More]

Add A Teaspoon of Positivity To Your Morning Cup Of Coffee This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists [Read More]

WARNING: Positivity Is Highly Contagious This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing good [Read More]

A few weeks ago I wrote about my desire to bring some data to martial arts school owners. I know how critical data and numbers are to every business, and I’ve found it frustrating that I can’t find simple, comprehensive data. You can read that last article here. As I [Read More]

Keep Radiating Positivity! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing good things in [Read More]

Positivity Is A New Season Of Football! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are [Read More]

Enjoy Some Positivity This Labor Day Weekend! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are [Read More]

Positivity Is A State Of Mind! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing [Read More]

Back To School With Positivity! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing good [Read More]

Four Downs of Positivity! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing good things [Read More]

We crave objectivity. Whether it’s in our personal or professional lives, numbers don’t lie. This is why so many business owners refuse to look closely at their finances, why many adults won’t balance their checkbook, and the reason some people hate math so much. There’s a right answer, which in many [Read More]