Ideas for fitness of mind, body, and spirit.
You’re having a bad day. You feel detached from the world. Your belly gurgles with malaise. Your heart is a block of ice. Relax! There is hope! I’m embarrassed to say it took me over 30 years to figure out how to live a happy life. Of course, it would be more embarrassing if I…
When I started Tae Kwon Do, I got kicked in the head. Not with a foot, but with a bold statement. My teacher told me he could tell everything he needed to know about me the moment I stepped on the mats. My posture, my movement, my eye contact…it all gave away who I was…
Spending one-on-one time with a great teacher can be a life-changing experience. While I have benefited from many private lessons over the years, without a doubt, the greatest private lesson was with the legendary samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. Yes, Musashi is dead. Not just dead, but 350 years dead. But Musashi lives on because he wrote…
When I started martial arts, I became an evangelist. I begged everyone I knew to come to class with me. “Martial arts has it all! Fitness, wisdom, self-defense, self-knowledge!” But no one came. Ever. And I finally got the message—motivation is a waste of time! I made a pledge to move through the world not…
Newsflash! Yoga can hurt you! Well, at least according to a New York Times article, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body by William J. Broad. I bring this article to your attention for two reasons… First, I sounded a similar alarm about training injuries in the martial arts right here on SenseiAndo.com. Second, I think…
I see no point whatsoever in talking about how decisions define you and determine your future. Not when Jim Rohn already said it so perfectly. If you haven’t seen this clip, check it out. It’s worth the six minutes. Message aside, it’s instructive and inspiring just to hear someone communicating so masterfully. Lots to learn…
