Developing Courage and Community through Martial Arts
How hard are you working toward you goals? Are you still interested in those goals? Are you able to push through the “daily grind” to keep working for your goals? Is it time to change things up? Pursue new goals? Currently, my school doesn’t have “kid’s classes” as I know that I don’t have the […]
Students preparing for Dan Testing must have the Dan Application and fees turned in by October 5th.
I had the fortune to be included in the August 2019 Sword Experience blog. They asked instructors to write up a small piece discussing the events. https://swordxp.com/musketeer-highlights-for-august-2019/
The Tuesday classes are now back to the regular schedule! Tuesday & Thursday classes are… 6:00pm – Pine Tree Taekwondo (Beginning students 6:00 – 6:30) 7:00pm – White Tiger Haidong Gumdo
#schedule-change Tuesdays (from August 1st until Labor day weekend) Open floor from 6:00-7:30 Regular classes will resume in September.
New students are offered a discount on a 3 month tuition package! Former students are included in this offer. If current students refer anyone who signs up for this tuition package, they will receive a free tuition for the following month.
Follow the link here to register for this year’s event! The date is Saturday August 10th!
One of the Haidong Gumdo Masters that I work with posted this thought. It is based on a yoga comment. I think it is very accurate for Haidong Gumdo and all other martial arts as well. A problem that humans fall into is that they want to “be like” the cool people. Well, in this […]
The best laid schemes of mice and men… That line came from somewhere in my childhood education. The irony of it kinda fits right now. Where I am now is not where I planned to be. Starting a major portion of my world over wasn’t even on my radar, let alone in the plans. What […]
As life happens, one of the things that comes up is “What do I do next?” Work has been frustrating. Social life/relationship isn’t going where you hoped. These are frustrating but they are talked about regularly, at least in my classes, from a slightly different viewpoint. In class, we talk about the different sparring style […]
We have recently finalized our partnership with PeerFit. This partnership will allow employees who have wellness benefits as part of their benefits package to join our martial arts. Those using the wellness program using PeerFit to coordinate will have their tuition paid. This can be a great opportunity for those interested in martial arts to […]
Having been around the martial arts as long as I have been, there are a few common questions that I get asked. Here’s two of them. Why did you start martial arts? I wanted to have the bravery and discipline to pick up the burning cauldron and scar the tiger and dragon symbols into my […]
The past several months have been a struggle.Too many things happening in all aspects of life taking up too much time to get much of anything accomplished. All the things going on also make for a distraction that saps creativity (i.e. no ideas for blogs). I’m too old for this but such is life. During […]
Driving home yesterday, listening to a country radio station because my regular station started playing Christmas music before Black Friday, I heard the song listed below. Listen to the lyrics. The song made me think of why Leroy Jethro Gibbs may be building boats in his basement. Granted, this is only my thought, but it […]
Here’s a gift idea for the Taekwondo student (or other martial artist) in your life. This two volume set contains six of the seven Chung Bong hyung. The hyungs are specific to Song Moo Kwan Taekwondo and created by Senior Grandmaster Jun Sun Hyon and documented here by Senior Master Robert Frankovich. True Forms of […]
Recently a discussion came about that questioned rank and time in rank. How does rank work? When can I test again? Do I have to wait [blank] years before I test again? These are standard questions. How long they get asked is the real concern. During the first year or so is pretty common. As […]
We finally got the print copy!
Now, I admit that my martial arts training started because of my personal interests, but that has changed and grown over the years. Not that my interest nor curiosity have changed but my role has evolved. I had started teaching a class during college because there were no Karate North schools near to train at […]
Just a quick reminder that the Aikido class starts at 8:00pm tomorrow (9/10/2018) at the Twin Cities location! Come join us for the START of the new program. You can join directly through White Tiger Martial Arts or sign up as part of Fridley or Spring Lake Park Community Education programs.
Understanding that not every person or body is the same and helping to work through that. The love and passion you and your students have. The geekiness we can all be. You allow your students to be their own person.
