The Yellow Belt: Sometimes…
You Just Have to let it Rest. The Yellow Belt was just finishing up his first semester of Karate. Soon the Spring term would be over and he would go …
Reflections
Then and Now: This Website
Evolution of This Website When I first decided to build a website, I had very specific reasons for it. I had studied ISR at Wyoming with Sensei Woody Jensen in …
Rank:
What Does it Mean? I recently read an article claiming that Karate is not a martial art. It is a brand. The author posited that, as we all know, “a …
Then and Now: Tournament Officials
First, let me give you a name. Ophira Bergman. Important person we will come back to. In the late 70’s and early 80’s, sport karate was kind of finding its …
Foundation
It has been said many times that a strong house requires a strong foundation. This was illustrated quite nicely in my neighborhood recently.There is a duplex right across the street …
Positive Transfer…
Negative Transfer There are two concepts that have an effect on progress in martial arts; positive transfer and negative transfer. Positive transfer is when something in your past has a …
Team Sports
vs. Individual Sports I have always been more interested in individual sports than team sports, so now you know the slant of this post. Even when I have been part …
Karate or MMA
My Thoughts For the past 30 years or so the hot topic of conversation in the Martial Arts world has been “What is the best fighting art?”, but the question …
Black Belt: From Lesson…
To Practicality The Black Belt was once again at a tournament. He understood the limitations of tournaments, but still enjoyed the competition and comradery. He had been a black belt …
White Belt: Fear…
to Friendship He had been training for 2.5 months. Just a baby. “You gotta crawl before you walk, walk before you run.” He was at that stage where he knew …
