Back when I was in Army basic training, before my martial arts days, I was taught self-defense by a grizzled old sergeant.
Now, this grizzled old sergeant had a mission “Keeping you idiots alive.”
His job was challenging. The United States Army of the late 1960s was a mishmash of [...]
Continue Reading →When you pay a commercial rent to a landlord, you are paying for that space 24/7/365.
Now, how much of that time are you actually putting to productive use?
I know many martial arts school that are open from 3-9PM. They open after school for children’s classes. They have 2-4 evening classes for adults. The rest of the time [...]
Continue Reading →Over the last decade plus, I have spoken to thousands of martial arts school owners.
Most school owners make a reasonable living. Month to month, they live at a standard commensurate with their income. They never get too far ahead or fall too far behind. Regular middle class people leading regular middle class lives.
The martial artist who trains with discipline and lives with virtue attains an aura of energy, focus and dominance. He is a confident, tranquil person. An economy of movement characterizes his actions. Even in the midst of chaos and fear, there is no posturing or chattering. The cultivated person is all the more deceptive [...]
Continue Reading →Self-defense is not settling a schoolyard slight. It is not winning a trophy or being awarded a fancy new belt.
Self-defense is survival. Self-defense is putting an attacker in enough pain that he stops worrying about hurting you and starts worrying about what you have done to him.
Self-defense is creating an opening to escape [...]
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