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If anybody in the martial arts was to tell you ‘give it up’, you should be asking yourself whether you have lost confidence or is it because they’ve lost their confidence in you? Students should know a good martial arts instructor will generally not give up on any of their students; in fact, they get […]
How many times have you picked up something and you didn’t know what it was or couldn’t find the directions on how to use it. So why did you buy it in the first place? Shopping is a form of therapy and coming home with something is a sense of accomplishment, empty handed is a […]
I’m talking about junk, the stuff that has been accumulating in your house for years. Have a good look around and see if any of that stuff is worthwhile keeping anymore. Ask yourself these questions: 1. Did you forget you had it? 2. Has it got dust on it? 3. Did you trip over it? […]
Everybody experiences a ‘wakeup call’ in some form or another at some stage of their life. Although, it can be a shock to the system the outcome can be quite positive because this enables us to take action before it might ever happen again. Wakeup calls are a warning to prepare, otherwise, be prepared to […]
I know it’s a long time between blogs but, nevertheless, I have enjoyed the break. Let me start off with the problems with some of the parents might be having with their children in the martial arts at any school. It’s a known fact that children can get bored with just about anything and I […]
The thing about bullying is there is no one solution to ending the problem. There are a lot of resources of how to deal with it (as shown on our website) which may be of some help but the truth is the victim has to build confidence and self esteem because I don’t believe written […]
The Australian College of Sports Development, in Bendigo, saw an attendance of over 80 Black Belt Instructors recently at a seminar (see previous blog). It was amazing how many hands went up when the question was asked, ‘how many of you started training as a result of your children in the martial arts?’ Equally amazing […]
A lot of good things had come out of last week’s seminar in Bendigo at the Australian College of Sports Development (ACSD). One of the discussions was about youths in the martial arts. Most of us can give many reasons why children should be in the martial arts such as anti-bullying, obesity, discipline, self esteem […]
Another great 3 day weekend on the Sunshine Coast at our BKJ Martial Arts schools re gradings and seminars. Many thanks to the Head Instructor, Darren Grieve, who picked up me and the Black Belt twins from the Airport and hosted us for the weekend. He does a tremendous job of going out of his […]
John Will (Master Grappler) received a message on Facebook from one of his friends saying that ‘he was just mugged in the Philippines … and hinted that he was penniless and stuck there’. John was suspicious of the wording and asked a BJJ security question, something only his friend would know the answer to. Needless […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
