A Reflection on Teaching with HumilityWhat does it mean to lead others through a practice you're still unraveling yourself? After four decades of training across multiple martial arts, I still find myself questioning my role as a teacher—and yet, that questioning has ...
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Not everything I survived made me stronger. But it made me real.I’ve slept in cars. Curled up in janitor’s closets. Trained through hunger just to hold on to a thread of who I was. This isn’t a story about how pain makes ...
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A reflection on the quiet, uncomfortable path of humility — and why it keeps you growing long after the flashy stuff fades.I didn’t plan on writing about humility. I was just stretching one morning, badly, and remembered a tea house in Tokyo ...
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There’s a big difference between just training or practicing something and deep focused practice. Putting in hours on the mat throwing kicks and punches is one thing, but deep practice is about how you engage with every repetition, how you pay attention to ...
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"Folding Your Uniform" My Sensei was quite traditional and very particular about how things should be done and passed on in martial arts. One of the first things I learned on my very first day of training was how to fold my uniform, ...
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