Archive for May 2020

This is particularly to today’s circumstances and the “new normal” forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Don’t quit, give up, or surrender. “Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not…

In Japanese the word zanshin is made up of two separate kanji (残心) meaning remainder, heart. This has taken the connotation for modern martial artists of maintaining perfect awareness and…

The kanji for “Kaizen” (改善) translates as reform / virtue, or to create change for higher virtue. The process of constant and never-ending improvement is the foundation for Black Belt…

“Are we there yet”? This is the often-asked question of a young child on a journey. As irritating as the question can be, the answer is usually a fairly simple…

Although many people recognize the word Sensei as meaning teacher, the kanji for sensei (先生) means ahead, life or in other words a person that is ahead of you on…