Martial Arts & Life

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The Four Forms of Karate – Chapter 1. There are four forms of karate and this is not about the styles this is about the qualities that all systems process. This is the first of four types explained in this podcast. The first of these is Blockbuster. Zeal and trends make up the elements needed […] The post The Four Forms of Karate – Chapter 1 appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Be your own karate author. It is not about writing a martial arts book. This is about the authoring of your life. Taking control of your life, not your world, but focusing on your life. Be Your Own Karate Author With Simple Commands Using simple commands, you can make a difference in your world. We […] The post Be Your Own Karate Author appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate this is the Reason. We all understand there are many reasons for doing karate. Those reasons are personal and varied. The reasons range from, “I want to get in shape,” to “I want to learn to protect myself.” We are going to create a narrow focus. We are discussing a small but important idea. […] The post Karate this is the Reason appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate and Tai Chi, Sleek and Stunning. The stick and the hammer of karate were the topics of the Patreon post. And it started a brief conversation about a trip hammer and its role in martial arts. A trip hammer is a tool, used by a Blacksmith to create a repetitive motion. This hammer is […] The post Karate and Tai Chi, Sleek and Stunning appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your karate teacher died, now what? That sounds caviler kind of a cast-off statement. It is almost as if it is a statement about floor wax from a mid-afternoon television show. It is not is the real question. The death of a teacher has happened to me before but this one gut punched me. The […] The post Your Karate Teacher Died, Now What? appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your Two Truths of Karate gets pushed into the second half of the show. A little deviation from the main topic. The problems of vendors and the world we have right now. The pleasant and the can-do people of the world are facing a deep challenge and we need to take a step back and […] The post Your Two Truths of Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Making your karate like a kid is something to pursue. Not every attributive of being a kid but a specific item. While working with a student the other night the topic of rigidity raised its head once again. I inherited a brown belt from another school. She trains in the same style but a different […] The post Making Your Karate Like a Kid appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Merit is superior and the Romans agree. Taking a walk down the road of history. History is often about perspective, the view used to examine the snapshot of time. The observing is often set with a predisposition of a desired outcome. Knowing that lets us dive into several historical examples of how merit is superior […] The post Merit is Superior and The Romans Agree appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Musashi has thoughts about your karate. Miyamoto Musashi dies in 1645 but he wrote some precepts (The Dokkodo) and a book, the Book of Five Rings, (Go Rin No Sho). I like you have come across copies of the Book of Five Rings. We have read it front to back and dipped into different chapters […] The post Musashi Has Thoughts About Your Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Treadmill of Karate Rank and the hedonic treadmill. The hedonic treadmill. (Here is a link to Psychology Today on the hedonic treadmill) Hedonism is a set of theories about pleasure and how it should be pursued in life. A treadmill is what we put hamsters on to keep them busy. Put these two things […] The post The Treadmill of Karate Rank appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Secret of Your Consistent Karate. The secret is consistency, and we all know that is the secret. The reason it is hard to describe and share with others is the idea and behavior of consistency is baked into who we are. We benefit in all aspects of our lives because of our consistency. Inconsistency […] The post The Secret of Your Consistent Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Best Teaching for Boomerang Students. Here are four keynotes to integrating a former student back into the flow of the dojo. And I give you a real-world example. The post Best Teaching for Boomerang Students appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Chuck Merriman. A flame cast by a good man in the world of karate has been dimmed with the passing of Chuck Merriman The post Chuck Merriman appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Black Belt Boomerang is Good. Going back to the school, back to the dojo is a fantastic act. But first we need to review The Black Belt Bolt. Reaching back to an older episode of Martial Arts and Life about the Black Belt Bolt. The black belt bolt is the act of getting a black […] The post Black Belt Boomerang is Good appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Crippling Effects of Too Much Karate. A saying that I cannot give proper attribution to goes this way, “A wealth of information causes a poverty of wisdom.” Data, information, and wisdom. Data, we have no idea what it is it lacks context. Information has context, we may know where it came from or who […] The post The Crippling Effects of Too Much Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your Karate Will Never Die. It is the truth. Something's die and some things don't. The story of eternal life is a scary and yet comforting one depending on the source of the animation. The Dead and Dying and Karate The cable company is dying of a thousand cuts, and the Netflix of the world […] The post Your Karate Will Never Die appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Why do some people move you? Opening up our skulls. I love comedians Shelly Burman, Bill Cosby, and Norm MacDonald. The death of Norm MacDonald was a gut punch to me. As celebrities' deaths can affect us, even if we don't know them. Because what do we really know about a public person? The post Why Do Some People Move You? appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Debt You Owe Your Karate Teacher. Let's take a journey down a road to a new way to look at the idea of a debt owed by you to your martial arts instructor. The post The Debt You Owe Your Karate Teacher appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Did you leave something behind? The great masters of martial arts have left behind, martial arts techniques. The martial arts masters have also left a few pieces of wisdom. The post Did you Leave Something Behind? appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your Karate Brain and Poison. The information may already be understood by you, but let's backfill a few gaps. Your Karate Brain and the Poison of Marketing The acts of the day, what we do on a daily basis are different than what we used to do in the past. The past is only 10 […] The post Your Karate Brain and Poison appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate and Your Self Mastery. The precepts and the tenents of martial arts. The first is always the first and the last is always the first. The point is there may be a list but it is about each one that is important as the moment demands. Most Martial Arts Have Tenents We can look […] The post Karate and Your Self Mastery appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate and Your Path to Excellence is a broad topic and needs to be addressed in three dimensions. The path to excellence is not style-specific. The Dirt Wasp Podcast is a podcast with a strident take on the world and it is all backed-up. We came to each other via the last item of the […] The post Karate and Your Path to Excellence appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your Mastery of Karate Beats Force.  We take a trip into the world of semantics, rock, and roll, and boxing. All of these are used to break down the differences between the words, power and force. Both of these words are getting used interchangeably in our day-to-day usage. There is a significance between the words […] The post Your Mastery of Karate Beats Force appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Breaking your body and karate. Religious orders and martial arts are not monolithic in their expressions. Yet there is a practice that both have and some still do engage in and that is the mortification of the body. In some religious systems, the old practice of mortifying the body, was a form of penitence. This […] The post Breaking Your Body and Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Your Success in Karate. The conversation is splitting into two streams, but only after the breakdown of the idea. “Education is not something you can finish.” – Isaac Asimov. Helen Keller has something to add to the idea of continuing education as well.  And Keller's story made more powerful in the context of her disability. […] The post Your Success in Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Little Value to a Black Belt. It has little value. And that statement has a sting to it as it discounts the effort you have put into the art. Comparing a black belt to an Engineering degree. And going one step further a degree in ancient German love poetry, two of these have little value. […] The post Little Value to a Black Belt appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Average Karate and You Choose it.  Just following orders. A lot of evil has been done in the name of, “Just following orders.”  Are you about to build a bridge between the Nuremberg Trials and average karate? Yes, yes, I am. It has to be said in today's world that there is a bridge built […] The post Average Karate and You Choose it appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

I don't teach kids karate. It's a statement you and I have heard many times over the course of our martial arts adventure. Frankly, I don't hold it in high regard. Understanding the desire not wanting to teach kids is clear in my opinion. The folks that make this type of declaration are coming from […] The post I Don't Teach Kids Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate Is Dead and You Killed It. The lament is ongoing and omnipresent. If you are on social media (who isn't) and you follow martial arts you are like me. We both have preferences in who and what we follow, me more traditional, followed by Boxing, MAA, and Wresting. The lament is simply this, “Are […] The post Karate Is Dead and You Killed It appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The immortal sensei does magic for you. Let's live forever! Let's be immortal. Great idea I suppose, but then there are some horror movies built around that idea of being immortal, living forever. But it's talking about being the immortal in the sense of the immortal teacher. I know we have all engaged in this […] The post The Immortal Sensei Does Magic for You appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate Fists & Samurai Swords. The Samurai swords and fists of karate are not the same. One is metal, one is bone. There is a massive difference here but sometimes strategically, there isn't a difference.  So, what we're going to do is we're going to dive into Musashi. Lawrence Kane and I have been working […] The post Karate Fists & Samurai Swords appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate is better than jujitsu. Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to say. But before we get too far down that road, we have to set the table. I'm going to explain this to you in a way that when will you agree with me. And I'm also going to point out something significant. So, […] The post Karate is Better Than Jujitsu appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Big Mistakes. There’s a lot of umbrellas that this idea of big karate mistakes can go under. We are going to focus on two. In today’s world, you saying something stupid gets you fired. You don’t just get fired you wide-up losing your career. There’s a difference between a job and a career. You […] The post Big Karate Mistakes appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The end of karate. We’re going to dive into the end of karate. Yes, the end of karate as we know it. No, it’s not that large of a topic, but actually, it is a large topic for us as karat-ka. You’ve likely experienced the end of karate or possibly not. Rest assured my friend […] The post The End of Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The 1 Idea for Bunkai. Now here’s the one idea. Let’s set the table by looking out from this perspective. There are a lot of interpretations. There’s a lot of ideas that bounce around about how bunkai works. How bunkai should be done. How one should feel their tactics. Some people say tactics are great […] The post The 1 Idea for Bunkai appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate Respect – 2 Way St. Social media is a world of wonderful nuggets, a lot of oddities, and some abject cruelty. I found myself laughing out loud at a truth spoken in a tweet about what expect. The guy on Twitter welcomed the new member with something like, “Please be patient, your contrarian attacker […] The post Karate Respect – 2 Way St. appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

4 Changes to Better Your Karate. Here are the four items that will better your karate and accelerate your learning. The first one, and in no order of importance is Ritual. Karate Ritual Ritual, no it’s not what you think. That is a charged word. Karate does have a ritual, a learning ritual. It involves […] The post 4 Changes to Better Your Karate appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Do you do traditional karate? The question is do you do traditional martial arts? And what are the traditional martial arts? Is he classic form that is passing on from generation to generation correct in the new light? Karate Classic or Modern? What we are engaging in is a classic, like Shakespeare, Hemmingway, or the […] The post You Do Traditional Karate? appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate gifts shared for you. Recently I went to the newsletter and asked the folks on the newsletter to share a karate story of impact. An impact the martial arts have had in their lives. The goal wasn’t to get a pontification about the value of martial arts. You know a listing of the benefits […] The post Karate Gifts Shared for You appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

How to Spot a Great Karate-Ka, Number 2 of 2. Last week was body control, and the ability to learn a move quickly. Here is the link to the first half of this presentation: How to Spot at Great Karate-Ka Part 1 of 2 The wind blows for both the oak and the willow, one […] The post How to Spot a Great Karate-Ka II appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

How to spot the great Karate-Ka. There are five ways to spot the great Karate-Ka. Today we address two of the five ways to spot the great practitioner of karate. The Japanese names don’t exclude the other martial arts worlds, such as Savate, or wrestling. It is just the environment of which I spring. As […] The post How to Spot the Great Karate-Ka appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate and your 1st mind. The Google algorithm started my day by kicking up a video to view and I diligently followed the lead provided by our overload’s recommendation. The title of the video is, “The Soft White Underbelly.” The Soft White Underbelly The Soft White Underbelly is a video project started by photographer Mark […] The post Karate and Your 1st Mind appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate Examinations and what to expect. The testing, what is going to happen? I can’t tell you what is going to happen at your school. But there are some constants in the testing of a student. I asked that question too. At 11 years old I was ready for my first test and I was […] The post Karate Examinations and What to Expect appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

The Art of War Free Audio. A Chinese general, Sun Tzu was also a military strategist, writer, and philosopher. Sun Tzu is said to have lived who lived in the Zhou period of ancient China. Sun Tzu is credited as the author of The Art of War. The Art of War is an influential work […] The post The Art of War Free Audio appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate can be the worst actor. Karate is likely the worst actor. Which of course brings up martial artist Steven Seagal, and his best movie Above the Law. After that, it is a downhill slide in the quality of his movies. Karate has developed a habit of being big in its movements because it is […] The post Karate Can Be the Worst Actor appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Strong karate teacher. If you are a teacher hang in here, if you are a student this is not for you. You needn’t go any further. Unless of course, you intend to be an instructor in the future. The, “I might be a teacher in the future,” is not a place, an attitude from which […] The post Strong Karate Teacher appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Karate and your designed commitment. The lack of passive movements in karate is the natural, unnatural status of karate. The predisposition of the human body is not to move, it is to conserve energy. Karate is the opposite, it uses your body to activate muscles and move. The private student from India doesn’t like the […] The post Karate and Your Designed Commitment appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

You Think Karate Loves You. Let’s shape the conversation in a manner that will bring to light a few issues. This will help you to look at a few ideas may have not considered in our karate training. This, of course, includes other martial arts. For our purposes, we are going to engage in the […] The post You Think Karate Loves You appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

10 Rules of Karate for You. Putting together the principals takes in a life experience. The idea that there are only 10 Rules of Karate is a starting point. it could be 2 it could be 20. Funakoshi had 20 principals. Thinking of hands and feet as swords is number 17 I think. The majority […] The post 10 Rules of Karate for You appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.

Going to The Karate Wilderness can be great, good, or of little consequence. The absolutes of either or gets solved. Absolutes of Fear The absolutes of fear and seeking need addressing. Each orientation has its own quality and as a result, return experiences accordingly. You have a choice to retreat, running away. Or you can […] The post Going to The Karate Wilderness appeared first on Stickman Publications, Martial Arts Podcast.