The business aspect of martial arts and sport.
Today doesn’t matter in the long run. Be a good person. I was at the MKG Instructor Conference this week, which dovetailed into a Dan Inosanto seminar, so naturally I stayed over for some of it and was really looking forward to working with a variety of very skilled people; the level in that room[…]
Even when you’re awesome, keeping it fun keeps me watching I have no idea if this is the official, personal whatever, but Saenchai’s Instagram feed is the one I love. Why? Because he’s having fun and doesn’t post stupid motivational memes. A more detailed look I suppose: It’s a mix of action, personal, and casual[…]
While it may help in a bar fight, knowing BJJ, MMA, even kali/krav maga doesn’t make you a combat or self defense expert So Tim Ferris is stretching his boundaries, putting out some footage about ‘fighting’ and self defense, and I’m going to have to go ahead and call bullshit. I’m not going to go[…]
Do you and your kids take the summer off from training? Take advantage of sales and specials to get back to it! As my own daughter approaches the age of taking lessons for something, I started wondering, “am I the only parent who thinks my time could be better spent while she’s doing this?” Even[…]
Know where the exits are, but forgot to bring a present to the birthday party? That’s 90% of your problem. Lots of people come to martial arts because they’re afraid. Whether that’s fear of being weak, defenseless, undisciplined, unfit…it doesn’t matter. Martial arts is sometimes the answer. But a door that can open is to[…]
If I weren’t hanging out with people I liked, UFC 200 would have been a miserable time. UFC 200…lots of surprisingly positive write ups. I’m going to dissent. A card that looked good on poster but severely under delivered, with a splash of sideshow for good measure. First thing, great headlining fight. Glad to see:[…]
Like giving compliments, referring experts only makes you look better I recently had to admit some coding was beyond my ken, at least for the commitment I was willing to put in, and contacted Manish Sharma over at Upwork, whose doing a great job. Similarly, when someone is doing something well, even if I do[…]
Getting a sale ahead of UFC 200 is probably a good idea There’s been a good sense that UFC 200 is not going to be the historic event UFC 100 was, but the early flux left casual fans not really even caring though the card now looks decent. The fact that it felt that Conor[…]
Even when wrong the quality of thought matters because that’s what will eventually get us closer to the truth So with the Orlando shootings, it was hard to decide what to write this week. We see the rants that have no argument, the too-delicate conciliatory pieces, and some thoughtful writing and meta analysis that offer[…]
Because you stop caring for even a serious hobby when it stops being fun My old friend and teacher Christian Malgeri was in town last week and I was reminded of not only what excellence, but the pursuit of excellence looks like. It was humbling, motivating, and fun, and—all respect to my local martial arts[…]