Plant The Seeds Of Positivity And Enjoy The Harvest! 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 [Read More]
Arrogance and Its Role in Martial Arts Today I have the privilege of sharing a few thoughts with fellow martial artist and author, Duane Emsley. Duane, who’s from the UK, and I have been friends on Facebook for quite a while and he recently approached me with a fascinating idea. Duane [Read More]
What Makes This Bruce Lee Book Stand Out? Title: Bruce Lee A Life Author: Matthew Poly Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover Pages: 656 Price: $35.00 In the interests of full disclosure, I was given this book for review purposes I know what you’re thinking “What? Another book on Bruce [Read More]
Hey, I’m a Blue Belt Thanks to the wonders of Facebook, I was recently reminded that I was awarded my blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Four years ago. It’s not an unheard of amount of time to be a blue belt but it’s long enough that I’ve begun scheming [Read More]
It Is Hot As Positivity Outside! 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]
Just wanted to confirm with everyone – yes, the site went down yesterday, 7/4/18. It was all from an effort to improve performance on the site that went horribly wrong. In the future, we’ll post on the Facebook page – here. Thank you to everyone who reached out to help, [Read More]
Does Japan The Ultimate Samurai Guide Make The Cut? Title: Japan the Ultimate Samurai Guide: An Insider Looks at the Japanese Martial Arts and Surviving in the Land of Bushido and Zen. Author: Alexander Bennet Publisher: Tuttle Format: Softcover Pages: 144 Price: $16.99 In the interest of full disclosure, I [Read More]
You walk into your dojo, take off your shoes, bow at the mats and place your bags down, greeting all the familiar faces. You had a long day at work and almost had to convince yourself to come, but now that you’re finally here you feel ready to work hard. [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai, Season 1-With Spoilers! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought the original characters back but also made a flat-out fantastic show! You can listen to a spoiler-free discussion I had with [Read More]
Even Iron Fist Can’t Punch Through 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 [Read More]
Tips For Getting Perfectly Timed Photos If you are a parent or friend going to support a loved one at a martial arts tournament or promotion ceremony, it’s likely that you will want to take photos while there. And, if you’ve never tried taking pictures at an event like this, [Read More]
You Are Stuck In A Training Rut. Now What? If you are a long-time reader of my articles on MartialJournal or on my CAIA Blog, then you know I have a deep, long and complicated love-hate relationship with the grappling arts. Grappling arts are amazing arts. They are incredibly important [Read More]
That one guy in the dojo who has “probably been in a hundred street fights.” That would be me! I was Born in 1972 in Daytona Beach, Florida as a biracial male raised by a single gay mother. There was no male influence in my home, but there was plenty [Read More]
Mr. Ken Greer Talks About His Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym The time of year is here where most of us will have more daylight and extra energy for new activities. Allowing yourself the extra time for a new activity to keep you busy is sometimes harder than expected; you must continuously [Read More]
Build Your House On A Foundation 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 [Read More]
The dojo has always been a place of profound wisdom, incredible perseverance and some of the best life lessons that I’ve ever learned. I believe that the true power in martial arts comes from reading between the lines of your training and learning the metaphors for life. Challenges in life [Read More]
(Edit from author: thank you for all the interest in this article. If you’d like to see more data driven articles on fighting and training, I had a new website called highpercentagemartialarts.com) In a former life, I was a data analyst at a college. I spent a lot of time [Read More]
Are The Incredibles Using The Power 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 [Read More]
What does legacy mean? Maybe it’s the fact that I am rapidly closing in on 50 and having to not only accept my mortality, but having to admit that I’m almost certainly closer to the date of my death than the date of my birth. Either way, I find myself often [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai, Season 1-With Spoilers! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought the original characters back but also made a flat-out fantastic show! You can listen to a spoiler-free discussion I had [Read More]
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