Is Leadership Beyond You?

“If serving is below you, then leadership is beyond you.” – Unknown which leads to…   The problem is that people tend to see “serving” only in terms of commercial roles such as sales, food service and customer service. They also view public service as unworthy and not profitable. Personally, all of the public service […]

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Capabilities and Knowledge

Recently, there has been a couple rants posted in my circles about belts and certificates. Here is my rambling on the topic. Capabilities and knowledge are by far the most important representation of what a person is like. The belt can be purchased. In fact, In fact I have wholesale accounts with three different vendors […]

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A question about Taekwondo stances.

The Taekwondo that I have learned doesn’t use this version of the “Fighting” stance. I am interested in hearing the principles and concepts behind why this version is used. I’ve heard that it provides a “smaller target” but is there more? Thanks in advance for helping me learn about it.

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To Black Belt …and Beyond!

You will find it in the advertising for almost every martial arts school around. The pitch to make you a “Black Belt” has been sold for decades. Several schools use it as their main marketing catchphrase or something that infers a Black belt. Is it a wonder that the public thinks a Black Belt is […]

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Learning

This is probably one of the best saying that I’ve seen for how the martial arts should be taught. Well, all education for that matter but that is for another post. There is a lot of discussion about how to teach according to the best learning style for the student. Which may or may not […]

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