Most teachers of the martial arts do not enter teaching with the expectation that they will be working with consistently well-behaved, enthusiastic, successful students who enjoy standing quietly in rows listening to teachers lecture at them. . Nor do most teachers anticipate that all their students will dutifully use their highest cognitive processes to memorize,…
Month: December 2020
If you really want to do something, you will find a way.
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t you will find an excuse – Jim Rohn (1930-2009) . . If you really want to do something, you WILL find a way. But, do it NOW! And not later. Don’t wait for the right time. There is no other…
Training has no end.
Have a great Weekend. Keep training. We will be. …… Training has no end. Keep practicing and keep studying. ?? . “Where there is no practice, there is no Karate practitioner. Never fail to practice.” – Minoru Higa 10th dan Shorin Ryu Kyudokan . . . ? With thanks to Minoru Higa Sensei for the photo .
Challenge yourself; go farther than you think you can go.
Research shows that people who train martial arts are more alert and focused than those who have never trained before. It also shows that the longer a person has trained, the more enhanced his or her cognition becomes. . But you need to have an insatiable desire to continually improve your skills. . Martial arts…
“Hikite”…is NOT for power generation.
“Hikite”…is NOT for power generation. . In several martial arts, it is very common to see practitioners performing techniques with one hand while pulling back / drawing back the other hand. In Japanese, this is called “hikite” (pulling hand..there’s a clue in the translation) and is evident in most of the basic “blocks”, strikes and…
How to be unshakeable in your enthusiasm for teaching the martial arts.
How to be unshakeable in your enthusiasm for teaching the martial arts. . Students can tell when we’re just going through the motions. But how can you summon the energy to teach with passion; day in, day out? . Firstly there is authenticity: There are times when we have to act excited about teaching a…