Andrea spent the afternoon with the Kindergarten class at Westview Elementary School today. She showed them the 3 Rules of Concentration, 4 Corner Blocking, and took them on her incredibly cool "Jungle Run." She also taught them about having a good karate body – which includes using self control to keep your hands to yourself [...]
Everyone did a fantastic job today at Belt Presentations. It is awesome to see our White Belts get their first color belt. It is also exciting to see our new Brown Belts start their 3rd Year of training. Keep up the great work everyone and I look forward to putting your Black Belt around your [...]
I have just locked in a Private Screening of the new "Karate Kid" movie coming to theaters in June. We will be at the MJR Theater – 15 Mile and Van Dyke on Saturday June 12th and the movie will begin at 10am. Tickets are $6.50 each and must be purchased at the karate school [...]
Last night I got the honor of spending a couple of hours with a group of women and teach them a variety of self defense techniques. They had a lot of great questions and I was able to show them how to handle themselves in a bunch of situations. Great job ladies! As I promised, [...]
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I found these important tips while doing some research. They cover seven incredibly important thoughts about self defense and what YOU must know as a martial artist. "If you study self defense there are seven things that you MUST know. Failure in any one of these areas can have catastrophic consequences, even if you do [...]
We spend a lot of time talking about bullies at school, but I found this great article on dealing with bullies in the workplace in the Harvard Review. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/04/are_bullies_in_your_workplace.html
Here is a great quote from my friend Tom Callos: "Know this: When it comes to real “life” self-defense, one of the most important factors in a person’s health, their perspective, their resources, their attitude, and their sanity –is found in who they spend their time with. Hang out with the wrong people and you [...]
I found this great web site that talks about a fantastic self-defense EVERY child should know. http://kidescape.org/ The Grip-Dip and Spin idea from this site is easy to teach and practice. Make it part of your weekly routine and educate your child about kidnappers without scaring them.
We went shopping today for supplies for the seminar this Saturday. Sempai found some great things to add for everyone attending. The seminar "Defend Our Planet" is this Saturday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm and we have a couple open spots remaining. If you would like to attend, please call the karate school right away – [...]
