Last night we ended class running through a series of sticky hands drills, with a focus on #3, the figure-4 and a couple of its...

Miyamoto Musashi is arguably the greatest swordsman Japan has ever known. His Book of Five Rings, a brilliant text on martial strategy,...

Imagine Eckhart Toole's book "The Power of Now" narrated by Joe Rogan. That's what I'm looking for! Why, you ask? The Power of Now is a...

This is a tough phrase for me to say. After all, karate is serious stuff. It's a fighting art, a method of self-defense, a means of...

Two excellent self defense seminars taught by one of the best in the world.

It's time I took the time to provide a little colour to our tag-line and value statement "Inspired fitness. Black belt life." Coming from...

Four full days of intense karate instruction with top Koryu-Uchinadi instructors under the direction of Hanshi Patrick McCarthy. This was...

In last week's karate in the park we blasted basics and kata. Hard and strong, it was simply review, review, review. The session was good...

The Go Rin no Sho of Miyamoto Musashi is arguably one of the greatest texts on classic Japanese swordsmanship, written by one of the...

Energy and effort are cyclical. We can go hard. We can work hard, train hard, and demonstrate incredible stamina over long periods of...

What a fantastic week! With four full days of training we were able to cover an incredible range of content. From advanced basics and...

Hanshi Montalvo taught another great seminar back on June 20th! Hanshi Montalvo is a truly incredible man. He a tenth degree blackbelt in...

The Champion’s Mind – by Jim Afremow This book is brilliant. It addresses all of the mental aspects to be successful in sports, and in...

Saturday I ran a 50k ultra to mark my fast approaching 50th birthday. Why? Because I can. With training, we all can. We are meant to...

Saturday was the 4th Annual St. Jacobs Amazing Race. As always, it was great fun! 45 families competed in the Family Edition, along with...

I attended a brilliant seminar by Senseis Paul and Michelle Enfield last night. It was 3 hours of practical self-defence Goju-ryu Karate...

Sei Do Kai hosted another fantastic May Seminar and grading this past weekend. Top instructors from Japan, Great Britain, and France were...

There was an interesting article on NBC News on the benefits of Tai Chi for stress management. After a little background on Tai Chi, the...

It has been a while since I’ve blogged about lessons from class so here are three concepts we’ve been working on lately. 1. Hit hard and...

The last couple of books I've read have been on human performance. Relentless by Tim S. Grover I loved this book. It is about the focused...