Self-control has been on my mind a lot lately though honestly, it's always on my mind. It's the black belt principle I struggle with the most. I think that's because the idea of control is, in many ways, tied to how someone exercises power over something or someone else, and self-control requires you to turn that power inward. In no small way, self-control could be a martial art all on its own. Anyone who really knows me knows how much I struggle with it. My temper runs on a constant simmer...

I have been having an ongoing conversation with a former student who has now become a colleague and collaborator. This conversation revolves around sport martial arts and its future. We both love the sport of karate and want to see it grow. Naturally, we both have ideas on how to make the sport better. For those of you unfamiliar with sport karate, the best analogy I can offer is that it operates similarly to a gymnastics or track and field meet largely focused on individuals competing in...

I spend a lot of time on social media. I'm not proud of it, but it's a necessary requirement in today's marketing landscape. If you're not where the eyeballs are, you're falling behind. Anyway I stumbled across a post arguing against the idea that "hard work wins when talent doesn't show up." The creator argued that hard work simply cannot compete with superior genetics and access to resources like coaching and nutrition, and that we are somehow deluding our clients by telling them a lie:...