Martial Arts for Kids, Part 2
The Truth Martial arts has long been touted as a powerful tool for teaching kids all kinds of skills and traits, from discipline and confidence to partner skills and self defense. Some martial arts teachers with less experience have a difficult
Martial Arts for Kids, Part 1
Every student has their 1st day. I started Martial Arts at the ripe old age of 8. By today’s standards, I was downright geriatric. There are many schools that begin teaching kids at 4, 3 and 2 years old. Some
What is Tai Chi?
What is Tai Chi? In this article we will break down Tai Chi (T’ai Chi, T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Taiji) into three main areas, each a vital part of the whole: Physical (stretching, strengthening, improving chronic health conditions) Mental (stress relief, moving meditation) Spiritual (dealing
Pain vs. Suffering
Pain vs Suffering About a year ago, one of the kids in our Wushu class was practicing sidestepping and hitting focus mitts. She got hit in the nose and it began bleeding. Her partner (her brother) immediately felt terrible. Even I
Why Meditate?
Why Meditate? About 15 years ago I sat down for the first time to meditate at Sifu Brown’s School of Martial Arts in Berkley, MI. It was a free meditation class, just like the one we give here, teaching a sitting
What is Self Defense?
Let’s start with what is not self defense. Self defense is not kick box aerobics, Tae Bo, or Crossfit, where the idea is to move for workout’s sake with no internal understanding of why you’re doing what you’re doing. Sure, you
