Why is it important to set goals?  Most people wouldn’t think of going on vacation without 1. deciding where they were going to go and 2. determining the best way to get there. At its most basic, that’s all goal-setting really is. In the absence of goals, we’re likely to end up at a destination…

Tamashii is one of the most important precepts in all of martial arts. This idea of the power of persistence is so important now as we continue to recover from, arguably, the most devastating in U. S. and world history. It also is important to understand how many of us, who are arguably less talented…

“Karate Ni Sente Nashi” basically translates into English as “there is no first strike in karate”. I first began exploring this idea some years ago because the concept intrigued me. While the idea of never striking first seemed like a good way of training karate students so they would not abuse their powers, it just…

Over the last fifty years that I have been a student of the martial arts I have seen many people come and go. I am still somewhat amazed at the attrition rate in the martial arts. That’s a topic for another day however. In the beginning, I was amazed at the beauty and grace of…

It seems to me that many people today don’t live by the character traits that have led to success and have been the backbone of traditional religions and countless societies for thousands of years. One of these qualities, that is very important to me, is loyalty or an unswerving allegiance to certain people, organizations, or…