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Eyes of the Beholder
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.—Al Neuharth People can get on your nerves sometimes, can't they? However, if we manage to take a step back from those annoying times, we can actually dlve a little deeper for actual causes for the...
Children’s Eating Advice
Raising Healthy Kids 14 Eating Tips For Children Are your children overweight? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States, 16% of kids ages 12-19 are.* In fact, experts call the problem of...
The 12 Don’ts of a Professional Instructor
Don't Argue. Logic and emotion are like oil and water: they don't mix. When we argue we become emotional and don't think clearly. As our emotions become heightened, the likelihood of us saying or doing something that we might regret later increases dramatically. Also...
What is the Dojokun?
The rules of the dojo. There are five of these rules that are generally thought to have been passed down from Okinawan Karate masters to the present. The actual creator of these rules is rumored to be Sakugawa, an 18th Century karate enthusiast who lived in Okinawa....
The meaning of “OSU!”
Osu means Respect, Appreciation and Patience. In order to develop a strong body and strong spirit it is necessary to undergo rigorous training. This is very demanding, because you must push yourself to what you believe to be your limit, and you want to stop; to give...
TALES OF THE OLD SENSEI
Samurai’s & Samurai Ladies and that un-natural speed These are stories that are true ,they have been lived out by the old sensei. We have been told and educated on the Samurai and what they did to keep their legacy in our imagination . I have been told many...