What is a Leader?
Leaders have to learn to stand alone, but can never do so if they don’t love enough. So, you want the prestige of being a leader? Let’s define the concept, shall we? The first lesson is the lesson of vision. What are your goals? What is your spiritual incentive? Is that incentive strong enough to the purpose and true to the objective? This...
April 30, 2008 | Continue reading »
What is Peak Oil?
I admit it! I am not enamored with politics and its lack of truth about the real issues affecting the United States, its policies, and the economy. I often wonder what has come over this old warrior – with my optimism at heart but cynicism in view. Reality is a hard taskmaster. True in martial arts – true in evolving points of view. Bush...
April 23, 2008 | Continue reading »
The Beginning, the Middle, and the End
My students have often asked, “You seem to know what I am going to do before I get my move started. How do you do that?” I wish that I could tell them that I had some great all knowing psychic ability, but I don’t. Most of the time my answer leaves them even more puzzled than a “crystal ball” secret ever would have. I couch...
April 10, 2008 | Continue reading »
Martial Arts Magic
Many of the movements in well-performed martial arts are optical illusions. That means they are misleading images that deceive visual perception of size, shape, and motion. This occurs because the human eye has a tendency to not see the entire sequence of a technique but only the most conspicuous component. This lack of vision will not note efficiency...
April 1, 2008 | Continue reading »
