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The greatest influence

The greatest influence on your martial arts are your primary instructors: not Bruce Lee nor Dan Inosanto, no matter how much you want them to be. With the Dan Inosanto seminar just over (contact me and I’m happy to link to your event) and some of the feedback from the last post, I thought I’d[…]

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The baddest motherfucker on the planet

If you want to be the baddest motherfucker on the planet, you should spend more time fundraising than shadowboxing We come to martial arts for many reasons, not the least of which is control over ourselves, over fear, and some modicum of influence over our destinies should a hand-to-hand combat situation arise. However both the[…]

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The teacher’s influence

A martial arts teacher’s influence is often as great as a priest over his congregation or a captain over her crew. With a US election coming up and a state of extreme divisiveness and intolerance for the other side, this seems like a good time to write about the teacher’s influence. Many who come to[…]