I have going back to basics on the brain. A few months ago I wrote a post on the importance of fundamentals. How very key it is to make sure the basics of the activity are solid before one starts to pile on everything else. At the time, I was nursing a few chronic injuries …
When I was in college, whenever someone would say “we need to build a sense of community!” I would roll my eyes and make some opinionated, pretty crappy argument against it. I don’t remember why I did this, but I was probably working from the point that community was something that didn’t have a …
The other day I was walking into the school and starting to get various things ready for the day. I had a few phone calls to make, a few contracts to enter, and some general upkeep that needed to be done. There was also the generally unglamorous task of cleaning all the bathrooms and giving …
On the flight back from Orlando, there were several interesting things that happened. Well, maybe interesting is too strong a word to use. There were several unique things that happened on the trip back. And I was so proud of myself for writing them down with the goal of putting them in this blog. I felt …
The US Open is Big. Like, really big. They seemed to have rented out the entire Coranado Plaza Hotel at Disney. Everywhere I walked, there were martial artists huddled in corners sleeping on bags, and meandering around with preocupied expressions on their faces. But, no one is running through form in the middle of the …
Continue reading U.S. Open Adventures: Disappointments and Realizations
The past few weeks there has been quite the secret that I've been sitting on. It was something that I thought about writing on indirectly. In fact, there were edits on many posts made right before publishing. A type of last minute, frantic, realization of what I was doing. As you may be able to …
I have one week until the US Open. And it's pretty terrifying. I've been working, training, and generally trying to push myself into something resembling comeptition ready. But, there are still times where I'm absolutely convinced that what I'm doing is a bad idea, and that I'll have no idea what to do. But, past …
Just last night I was at the dojo wrapping up an adult class. One of the members came up to me and jokingly accused me of only talking about the karate kids. Every one was getting shoes on and wrangling the last few children who always seemed to be wandering around. "We aren't all kids!" …
I have discovered a new wonder formula of incredible awesome-ness and joy. Basically, it's a liquid anti-inflammatory which works a lot like Ibuprofen. Except you smear it onto the area you want the most goodness to happen in. It's completely awesome (Obviously, use this responsibly and not like a complete idiot. Read the directions, and …
This last one is incredibly simple, and yet the hardest one by far. Once you've made the decision, followed your passions and finally arrived at the beginning of something brand new and exciting. All that is left is to work as hard as you can, and as much as you can. Because now all of …
Continue reading Step 3: Work Incredibly Hard and Never Stop
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