A-B-C's of Self Defense
Let's keep it simple
A - AWARENESS: Always be aware of your surroundings. If you are walking down the street and see 5 guys drinking out of paper bags cross the street and walk down the other side.
When you are walking in a parking lot to your car look between the rows. When you get to your car look in the back seat and under the car.
B - BOUNDARIES - NEVER let anyone within 2 feet of you. This is grabbing distance. If you do not know the person put your hands up (OPENED) not in fists and say "Back Off"
C - COMBAT: KISS - Keep it simple stupid. Very basic techniques in the street. Front kick, palm strike and knee strikes work the best. EYES, NOSE, THROAT, and GROIN
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Remain Calm
Have you ever noticed how people who are calm and collected seem to be that way all of the time? Think back to a time when a problem arose, how did you react? Calm? Or did you fly off the handle? Did your reaction make the situation better or worse? Learning to relax and ridding your mind of unwanted tension is critical for maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Once you are able to relax, you create a balance in life enabling you to feel confident and composed. You will be able to carry anything you desire to do in a smooth and efficient manner. Connecting to this higher state of awareness can be challenging… but if you are aware of it… it is relatively simple. Become more aware of your thoughts and decide to be calm.
Quote of the Week: "You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration"- James Allen
Quote of the Week: "You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration"- James Allen
Relax
Do you truly take the time to relax? Do you ever take a moment for yourself? This means no email, no computer, no TV, no phone…just a moment with yourself without any distractions. Can you do it? It isn’t easy…all you have to do is find a quiet place to sit, close your eyes and just take deep slow breaths. Try it…and I bet it will calm you down and give you the opportunity to relax.
Learning to relax and ridding your mind of unwanted tension is critical for maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Watch for signs of upcoming stress… and apply your deep breathing technique to offset the stress and pressure. Once you are able to relax, you create a balance in life enabling you to feel confident and composed. You will be able to carry anything you desire to do in a smooth and efficient manner. Give yourself the gift of relaxing deep breaths.
Quote of the Week: "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"- Sydney J. Harris
Learning to relax and ridding your mind of unwanted tension is critical for maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Watch for signs of upcoming stress… and apply your deep breathing technique to offset the stress and pressure. Once you are able to relax, you create a balance in life enabling you to feel confident and composed. You will be able to carry anything you desire to do in a smooth and efficient manner. Give yourself the gift of relaxing deep breaths.
Quote of the Week: "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"- Sydney J. Harris
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Intellectual Qualities
Through the use of our Intellectual Qualities, we can achieve a higher level of thinking and decision making. These are our “Mind Muscles” and just as our physical muscles they too must be exercised. They may be weak or strong depending on how much you use them.
Let’s compare these Mind muscles to the physical muscles in your body. If you exercise your muscles in a healthy manner, they will grow and expand. But the moment you stop, your muscles will shrink and weaken. The Intellectual Qualities operate in the same way. In order for us to utilize our mind and provide each of us with inner strength, we must develop these qualities and come to the realization that these qualities are always at work. Develop your mind muscle by exercising your Intellectual Qualities.
Quote of the Week: "You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behavey yourself into" -Stephen Covey
Let’s compare these Mind muscles to the physical muscles in your body. If you exercise your muscles in a healthy manner, they will grow and expand. But the moment you stop, your muscles will shrink and weaken. The Intellectual Qualities operate in the same way. In order for us to utilize our mind and provide each of us with inner strength, we must develop these qualities and come to the realization that these qualities are always at work. Develop your mind muscle by exercising your Intellectual Qualities.
Quote of the Week: "You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behavey yourself into" -Stephen Covey
Relax
Do you truly take the time to relax? Do you ever take a moment for yourself? This means no email, no computer, no TV, no phone…just a moment with yourself without any distractions. Can you do it? It isn’t easy…all you have to do is find a quiet place to sit, close your eyes and just take deep slow breaths. Try it…and I bet it will calm you down and give you the opportunity to relax.
Learning to relax and ridding your mind of unwanted tension is critical for maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Watch for signs of upcoming stress… and apply your deep breathing technique to offset the stress and pressure. Once you are able to relax, you create a balance in life enabling you to feel confident and composed. You will be able to carry anything you desire to do in a smooth and efficient manner. Give yourself the gift of relaxing deep breaths.
Quote of the Week: "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"- Sydney J. Harris
Learning to relax and ridding your mind of unwanted tension is critical for maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Watch for signs of upcoming stress… and apply your deep breathing technique to offset the stress and pressure. Once you are able to relax, you create a balance in life enabling you to feel confident and composed. You will be able to carry anything you desire to do in a smooth and efficient manner. Give yourself the gift of relaxing deep breaths.
Quote of the Week: "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it"- Sydney J. Harris
Persistence
How many attempts would you give a child to learn how to walk? A child doesn’t try to walk two or three times and then say… “This walking thing isn’t for me.” They keep on trying until they eventually walk right? So why is it that most adults try something a few times and then give up? What makes Thomas Edison try over 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb? It is… Persistence.
Persistence is one of the most crucial elements in attaining success. Persistence is a combination of two elements - Will and a Burning Desire. Combining these two elements enables you to achieve great accomplishments. Persistence gives you the power to overcome all obstacles and setbacks that will come along as you are on your path to achieving your goals.
Quote of the Week: "Success comes from taking the hand you were dealt and using it to the very best of your ability" - Ty Boyd
Persistence is one of the most crucial elements in attaining success. Persistence is a combination of two elements - Will and a Burning Desire. Combining these two elements enables you to achieve great accomplishments. Persistence gives you the power to overcome all obstacles and setbacks that will come along as you are on your path to achieving your goals.
Quote of the Week: "Success comes from taking the hand you were dealt and using it to the very best of your ability" - Ty Boyd
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The Importance of our Martial Arts Lineage
Friday I had the privilege of training with Grand Master Byung Min Kim as I do every Friday. After Tahdo (tea ceremony) Grand Master Kim invited me out to lunch. During lunch I asked him about his teacher Grand Master Sang Soo "Tiger" Kim. He explained to me that when Tiger Kim was a young man he moved to Seoul to train under Grand Master Hwang Kee.
Hwang Kee was the head of one of the original nine "Kwans" the Moo Duk Kwan and taught Tand Soo do.
General Hong Hi Choi decided to unite the nine Kwans under one name, Taekwondo, to make Taekwondo the Korean National Sport. Grand Master Kee did not want to change and moved to the USA.
When I first started training with Grand Master BM Kim our school was Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo. Later we changed to WTF.
Why is this important your martial arts lineage is like your family tree
Grand Master Hwang Kee 1914-2002
Grand Master Sang Soo "Tiger" Kim 1933?-1998
Grand Master Byung Min Kim
Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella Jr
Master Teresa Ciarfella
Hwang Kee was the head of one of the original nine "Kwans" the Moo Duk Kwan and taught Tand Soo do.
General Hong Hi Choi decided to unite the nine Kwans under one name, Taekwondo, to make Taekwondo the Korean National Sport. Grand Master Kee did not want to change and moved to the USA.
When I first started training with Grand Master BM Kim our school was Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo. Later we changed to WTF.
Why is this important your martial arts lineage is like your family tree
Grand Master Hwang Kee 1914-2002
Grand Master Sang Soo "Tiger" Kim 1933?-1998
Grand Master Byung Min Kim
Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella Jr
Master Teresa Ciarfella
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