The Name Trap

Recently, my children’s school started going through a series of talks to protect themselves and others. These are based on a series of traps that criminals, rapists, and pedophiles use to harm people. I will be posting a series of articles related to these “traps”. And, if you’re an adult, do not think that you’re [...]

Martial Arts Poll

Self Defense – Ancient Wisdom

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
- St. James (Book of James, Chapter 1, verse 19)

Simplicity Quotable Quote – Bruce Lee

One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
–Bruce Lee

Books: American Shaolin

I saw this on Guy Kawasaki’s blog and grabbed a copy. Fun reading for anyone that uses their brain and not just brawn in the martial arts.
This is a first-person narrative written by Matthew Polly. He was a proverbial “98-pound weakling,” tall, skinny white kid from Kansas who decided to prove himself by training at [...]

First Rule of Thumb

In all forms of self defense and the Martial Arts, the first rule of thumb is — use your brain!