Mindfulness (guest post: Mr. Tom Ferry, Pine Tree Taekwondo 3rd Dan)

Mindfulness –noun the state or quality of being mindful or aware of something. I see too many people going through the day thinking of everything but what is going on around them. Instead of listening, they are planning what to say when the other person is done. Rather than paying attention to traffic they are […]

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All About Problem Solving!

This post is prompted from having been kept up late the other night as the elder youngling was struggling with sinus issues brought out from allergies. After finally taking some allergy medication, he stopped hacking stuff up and slept. This got my brain going, though. As Randy King of KPCombat, a reality based self defense […]

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Drills Are Good!

I was having a discussion with a 2nd Dan teacher about using some different drills and how to set them up. She voiced her opinion about liking a certain “type” of drill because it made more sense to her. The example used was a warm-up drill that we call “Kick/Switch” because she had a partner […]

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Your Personal Brand: Lead or Follow?

As I scour the networking sites for more knowledge and information, I came across this LinkedIn post, Personal Branding And Identity: Experts Read Between The Lines, by Stephan Trano. In the post he discusses how presenting yourself in social networking can affect the way you are perceived and what capabilities you have. The vast majority of how […]

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