Mountain Karate – Opening Ceremony
Without missing a beat, or a class, our new dojo opened today. After years of planning and months of building we enjoyed great training in our new place.
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GoodBye to Saluda
All those classes we had here… the memories, insights, triumphs and transformation. Where are all those classes now?
The World Needs You
People think the age of heroes is over. It is not over. It is here.
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Long Deep Training
These methods are used in many combative disciplines – from tactical aviation to close quarters combat. We are applying them in karate.
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The Kata That Does Not End
When we finish, the command is “Kyotske” 気をつけ – “Stay alert”. Not “Take a break”.
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Conquest of the Inner Empire
Inner training is not a way out of engagement with the world we live in. It is a way in.
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Training for World War 4
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” -Albert Einstein
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Mostly Peaceful Self-Defense
You do not want to go to the ground with a drug-crazed, hate-fueled predator, with curbs, broken glass, with unknown strangers and unpredictable vehicles inches away, if you don’t have to. You want to stop the threat before they make contact with you. On your feet, in an instant, ready to move, ready to respond as things change or to move on.
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Truth to Power, 327 BC
…Their quest for mastery was greater in scope than a country, a continent, a world. It was universal, without boundaries in space or time. The moral equivalent of war. It can’t be faked. It can’t be lost. It can’t be taken away.
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Truth to Power, 150 BC
Telling truth to power has always been risky.
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After the Flood
Our training served us well. In strength and spirit. At times and in places we couldn’t predict. In ways we never imagined.
The Simile of the Lute
Finding the balance of energy and calm persistence is the task set for each of us – in mind training, combative training or any high-performance skill.
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Training for Natural and Unnatural Disasters
The quality of our character determines the course of our life.
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