Why Girls Need Martial Arts - Pt 3 of Black Belt Pedagogy Here we go again. We are living in yet another age of cultural upheaval. The roles of men and women are changing amid enormous...
Why Boys Need Martial Arts - Pt 2 Of Black Belt Pedagogy As a high school teacher with over 26 years’ experience, I have seen massive changes in education. I started with a blackboard, and given...
See With Your Six Eyes The Importance of Visual, Tactile and Psycho - physical Learning My instructor once described the importance of engaging both the body and the mind in the technique that you are trying to do....
Peer pressure has an upside! Isn't it great when we can see our kids achieve potential that they themselves didn't even realise? Isn't that just the juice that keeps us as parents (and Sensei's!) persisting? On...
Don't you love it when you're reminded of how much kids can do when we expect it! Parent's of the beginner Dynamites classes have heard me say that tournaments, particularly the Kata event, really helps...
HSC time is coming...