The Year of Strength

I have dubbed 2020 “The Year of Strength”. Why? Because in strength is what holds us all together. The strength of love. The strength of family. The strength of relationships. The strength of community. Yes of course the strength to physically defend ourselves and others. But also the mental strength to make the right choices.…

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Psychological Barriers to STRENGTH

You are already strong enough to lift a car. Did you know that? It’s true. So why can’t you access that strength all the time? The reason is that your nervous system limits the amount of strength you can use in every day life. If you were truly able to access 100% of the muscular strength you…

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All Strength is Not the Same for the Warrior!

As martial artists most of us tend to cringe and shy away from words like “strength” and “power” in favor of seemingly more budo-friendly fitness words like “agility”, “coordination”, or “balance”. Yet, often we do not understand the actual definitions of the words and simply avoid them because of some misplaced fear that they will…

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