This week was difficult to train.  I had a terrible cold.  I had a throat that burned, non stop runny nose, headache, sneezing, coughing, and was very tired.  Thankfully I  was covid negative.  I taught my clas…

When I was coming up in karate the topic of emotions was not reguarly discussed. If it was it was in the context of anger. I heard the classical tale of the fisherman and the samurai. The moral is, if your anger…

Finished book number 2 this weekend. The Power Of One More by Ed Mylett. I liked the concept of this book. Always pushing for one more, one more call to a loved one, one more repetition of a kata, one more…

Once I started the challenge I thought it would be difficult to do acts of kindness.  I find them easy to do now.  Once a week I volunteer at my daughter’s school in kindergarden.  I spend a couple of hours help…

Today I found my old white belt from when I was 8 years old. It kind of made me think a little bit about the my karate journey so far. Seeing my white belt really made me realized just how far I have come as a…