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Mar 21, 20232 min read
What's On My Mind? The Secret to Self Defense
I've been thinking... I've been in the martial arts for a long time. And maybe there aren't any real "secrets" to the martial arts, but...
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603karate
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Work With People You Don't Like
And no, I don't mean an enemy. And I don't even mean people you don't like personally. What I really mean is, work with people in class...
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603karate
Mar 7, 20233 min read
What is a REAL Fight Like??
I hope you have never been in a physical fight. And if you have, I hope you never are again. They can be fun to watch in the movies. ...
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603karate
Feb 26, 20232 min read
ANYONE Can Do This (the "603 Guarantee")!
I get asked this a lot (and mostly from Adults): "Do you think that I can do Karate? I've never done it before and I'm not in the best...
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603karate
Feb 26, 20232 min read
Benefits of Karate for Children
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you the many benefits of martial arts for children. Martial arts can help children...
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603karate
Feb 21, 20232 min read
The MOST Important Thing for Self-Defense
What would be your first 3 guesses? Incredible strength maybe? Bruce Lee like reflexes? How about reading someone's mind so you know...
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603karate
Feb 14, 20231 min read
The MOST Important Part of Your Training
Strong punches? Solid kicks? Flawless Katas? These are all important parts of your training. These are goals. Maybe you want to be...
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603karate
Feb 7, 20231 min read
Are you Motivated Yet?
I get to talk to a lot of interesting people by running a dojo. I hear a lot of great stories as to why they are training or why they...
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603karate
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Are you "Street" ready?
Would you be prepared today, right now, if someone attacked you on the street? Most people are not. Some say they are, but deep down...
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603karate
Jun 14, 20202 min read
#1 Way to Get the Most Out of Your Karate Training
One of the questions that I hear most in our Kids Karate classes is “when do I get my next stripe or belt?”. Of course, you have all...
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603karate
Feb 2, 20201 min read
A Special Karate Guarantee (actually 2!)
I hear a lot of students who “can’t wait until they are a Black Belt.” It’s a great goal and one to keep and work hard towards. I would...
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603karate
Jan 6, 20202 min read
The Forgotten Virtue
In our Karate training we have a list of 8 Virtues. These are things we work on improving and perfecting in our everyday lives, much...
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603karate
Apr 22, 20192 min read
BEING vs HAVING a Black Belt
The large majority of our Karate training is physical. We are punching, kicking, blocking, calisthenics, etc. We do a lot of different...
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603karate
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Work Harder on Yourself!
There is a concept that I latched onto a few years ago that really helped catapult me out of both personal and professional ruts. I...
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603karate
Dec 17, 20182 min read
Using your Empty Hand for the Ultimate Self-defense
“Karate” translates to: “Kara” = empty, “Te” = hand, which you can now see is where the name of this Blog came from. Karate was...
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603karate
Nov 7, 20185 min read
The Science of Karate Training
I can tell you that martial arts training is the best thing you can do for yourself or your child. And while I believe that to be 100%...
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603karate
Sep 19, 20182 min read
Success and Failure
“Success and failure are not some huge event, they are an accumulation of many little events.” -Jim Rohn Karate training takes a lot of...
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603karate
Aug 27, 20183 min read
Lessons from Kata Training
Uechi Ryu Karate is such a positive part of my life and there really isn’t one aspect of my training that I don’t enjoy. Of all the...
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603karate
Aug 1, 20183 min read
When to Fix the Roof
I love quotes. They make me feel (and hopefully seem) smart without having to put in the hard work. I heard a good one recently from a...
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603karate
Jul 18, 20185 min read
Why should YOU study Karate?
Why should I study Karate? You probably haven’t been attacked by ninjas lately. You probably haven’t been in a bar fight, street fight,...
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