Running a martial arts business has been an journey filled with challenges, triumphs, and invaluable lessons. As an entrepreneur in the martial arts industry, I have the privilege of witnessing firsthand the parallels of the martial arts. In this blog post, I want to share a thought I had this morning about change and evolution. …
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The subject of sparring culture always comes up whenever I get a new student from the the basics program. I see them making the transition from being a basic learner of martial arts, to a practitioner that wants to include sparring into the highest levels. The major worry I see them exhibit is the fear …
After more than two decades of martial arts, I’ve been able to make clearer the requirements of ranking up or getting promoted. My personal experience was grown from getting ranked myself but most importantly ranking those under my tutelage. My students were the biggest teacher in clarifying this evergreen question of the arts. Let’s get …
In this short article, I will be jotting down post thoughts right after my 10:00am in Muay Thai Class on structure and targeting. This is also the first article in a new category of my blog called the Coaches Journal where I intend to document the classes I teach. Its purpose is to enhance the …
My son would show his success on growing his TikTok channel. Over 250,000 followers and counting. Good job! Then he’d talk about how he did it and how I could do the same. Being on social media sabbatical for a few years now, TikTok seemed like a good medium to use for a return. “But …
Filipino Martial Arts, in my opinion, is the most comprehensive fighting system of the world as it includes all aspects of fighting categorized in the 12 areas of Kali as taught by the Lacoste-Inosanto system. In my studies of being a martial artist, I’ve compressed them down to three areas of interest which are weaponry, …
For a long time, I wanted to do a legacy project on the martial arts that I know and studied. I figured I’d dump my entire brain on my personal website from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts and Silat. In the past, I’ve attempted to categorize it, be creative …
Motivation is a simple thing yet can be a challenge to access it. The question you have to answer is, Why do you do what you do? Once you can answer this important question, you can access the hard work inside of you. You can do it!
In this article, I’d like to suggest a paradigm shift to associate the word Discipline to systems of practice. There are eight disciplines, in my opinion, that are distinct as this word is misused too often in the world today. It becomes synonymous with undesired work, consequences, and any negative association people can think of. …
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