The Effective to Efficient Continuum of Training
What’s the difference between being effective in your training and becoming efficient? When you first started to drive a car, you sucked at it, right? You couldn’t turn on the radio and the turn signal at the same time, and I’ll bet when you tried to wave at someone outside on the sidewalk, you turned…
“He Opened My Eyes to Budo…”
Way back in 2009 I started studying this weird, rarely talked about, even more rarely taught aspect of traditional martial arts called internal power. To say it opened up my worldview when it came to martial arts training would be a huge understatement! Now, to put it in perspective, I’d been training in martial arts since…
The Process of Becoming Masterful
“Remember that mastery is not attained once after a lifetime of practice, but earned every day.” – Jon Haas Usually when we think of someone who is a master, be it a master martial artist or the master of some other craft, we think of them as attaining mastery at the end of a long…
How Far Can You Go?
Mediocrity ain’t in my vocabulary. It should not be in yours either. Average is for the weak. Normal? Bleh – no thanks. This ride called life we are all on has but one go around. No more tickets – you only get 1. So why not push for outstanding? Why dare to fulfill all your…
A Glimpse Into Internal Power Training – The Push Test
The push test is a very practical way of testing the quality of one’s solo training for internal power. As explained in Weakest Direction Theory is BS, the body, when properly trained, acts as an omni-directional structure. This allows the practitioner of internal power to neutralize any incoming force by diffusing it throughout the structure…
Weakest Direction Theory is BS
Warning: The following post is going to conflict with the most basic, fundamental principle you “know” to be true in martial arts. Chances are you learned this principle on your first day of martial arts class. Since that day you have repeated it almost every class. You have taught it as truth to every new…
Never Take Ukemi Again
What if you never had to take ukemi again? Not because you stopped training or avoided it or anything negative like that, but simply because no one who came in contact with you was able to throw you. Interesting idea, eh? Although for the sake of paired training and being a good training partner, perhaps…
Create Your Own Adversity!
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.” ~William Shakespeare Philosophers and sages throughout the ages have consistently extolled the virtues of facing adversity for the purposes of becoming a better, stronger person. No matter what form this adversity takes, wisdom dictates that it must be faced head-on,…
Lost Empire Herbs
