“Practicing karate improves your lifestyle through health and mental stability. Okinawan karate focuses on developing mental strength and willpower. There is no end in the journey of learning true karate.” (End quote) – Ippei Yagi 8th dan Meibukan Goju Ryu . . Learning anything requires commitment and the ability to push through the uncomfortable feeling…
Tag: Philosophy
“My mission is to teach the true meaning of Okinawa karate.”
Whether you practice karate for fighting, competition, reality or self-defense, if that’s all you want from training then that is your choice. However, you could be missing out on all the other aspects that the traditional martial arts have to offer. . Since ancient times, the Ryukyu Kingdom has built an attractive traditional culture. In…
Your sensei is an EXTROVERT!
Teaching is a highly social profession, so it would follow that all teachers are extroverts, right? Wrong. . Many successful teachers are self-described introverts, and one of the biggest misconceptions about this personality type is that they’re shy. . Introversion is more about how you respond to stimulation, including social stimulation. Where as extroverts really…
Take notes. Practice what you’ve been taught.
When I learned martial arts in the 70’s and 80’s I went to lessons, took a notebook and took notes in my own way. Then when I went home I would practice from those notes I had taken earlier. The notebook went with me everywhere, and whenever the opportunity arose I would open it up…
We are what we repeatedly do.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit.” – Will Durant . “Arete.” – Is a powerful word. To the Greeks, it meant ‘excellence’. It was the ultimate expression of human greatness—moral, physical, spiritual. It’s what the Stoics were chasing. It’s what you should be chasing today. ….
The Dojo…A brief vacation from your problems.
With so many people these days leading hectic, over-stimulated, and sleep-deprived lives, it’s no wonder that worry and anxiety is at an all time high. In a way, our brains are hard wired to be on the lookout for threats and reasons to worry, despite whether they are real or imagined. . What this means…
“I think karate is to be practiced to toughen yourself, every time over and over.”
“I think karate is to be practiced to toughen yourself, every time over and over…. As for having my own students, I learn a lot from them.…I teach what I know about karate, and say, let’s do it together, let’s improve together. Well at least this is what I am trying to do.” (end quote)…
“A teacher, a really good sensei, is never a giver of ‘truth’…”
“Mentorship is like friendship: it evolves over time, and it’s a two-way street.” – Simon Sinek . Mentorship is an activity in which we engage in to help develop the next generation of karate teachers, style or group leaders. What exactly is mentorship? What makes it effective? How does it differ from just teaching or…
“The journey has to be based on passion.”
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,…
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…