We often see many caregivers bend over backward and act like slaves to their children just to not fight with or have the child cause a scene. They give in to the child’s wishes, bribe them, take care of all their needs, clean up after them, work outside jobs so the child wants for nothing
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It Couldn’t Be Done is a poem was brought to our attention by one of our students, Kevin Tytus. Kevin thought about this poem during the class discussion of overcoming difficult assignments. We say “Our job as teachers is to give the impossible. Your job as students is to do it”. I was curious why
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This thought came to mind as I finished working on a blog (Transmitting Koryu). Not many people use this term. Those of us in the martial arts may hear this word in conversation. And as with most Japanese words, are probably using it incorrectly. So what does Koryu mean any way? Let’s begin with good
This topic is one that came to mind a few days ago. I do find interesting how “the universe” works. I was working through my mind, yet again, how some of the students just didn’t take training seriously. It can be depressing IF focus is taken from the purpose, which is passing on the information.
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Find a way could just as easily be said as “ No excuses “. The idea is to begin to think in a more positive way, versus the negative. Find a way is one of those 3 o clock in the morning thoughts that came from no where. One is fully conscious and yet “sleep”
Ahh, kids… Looking into their eyes the first time changes everything you thought you knew about love. At that moment you know that you would remove all obstacles and danger so your child could have the best and be the best. It is the obsession of fear regarding your child that causes issues with parenting.
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LET’S HAVE SOME FUN! FIND THE JOY! There must be a way to have fun and still be focused and train every day. Human nature makes us want to avoid the hard things, and those are usually the things we need to pay the most attention to. For me that is Kata. So I came
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Should we look in the mirror before practice or attending an event at the Dojo? What would it be like if we disregarded our appearance or equipment? How might our own appearance impact our mind? Without our equipment well maintained, we will be concerned with its performance. How might our own vehicles perform without normal
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What do you do when you find a weakness? What do most people do: Hide from it? Get angry? Swell up to compensate? Start crying? All of these are normal human traits. What about embracing it? Hmmm Should our nature be one of finding weaknesses so something can be done about them? This discussion is
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Working systems are a marvel to behold. Every component part of it working in concert, a grand harmony of interconnected pieces producing a final result, or just a continuation of the system itself. From just about any perspective, any such working system is opaque in its operation and invites no closer scrutiny. It is only
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