Written by Sensei Mitch on March 30, 2008
Do you Believe in God?
OffTopicSince it is Sunday I thought it an appropriate time to ask this question. I have always operated under the belief that the vast majority of people believe in God. Notice I didn’t specify or define God but just generally that there is a higher power. Recently I came across this web site which while
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 29, 2008
An Amazing Fitness Tool
Recipes and Health Facts . Training notesI just discovered an web tool for anyone remotely interested in better understanding their diet! The web site is Calorie Connect (dot com) and it is by far the simplest and most useful site like it that I have come across and best of all IT IS FREE! In just under 5 minutes I was
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 28, 2008
A Guide to Performing Kata
Training notesBy Mitchell Saba The Kata begins the moment you take a start position. Your mental state, concentration and focus, must reflect the respect and seriousness required. Execute the Kata correctly and in the right order. The number of movements in each Kata is fixed and the student must perform all of them, in the correct
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 27, 2008
11 Year Old Kyokushin VS Shaolin Battle
Competition . Training notes . VideoNo this isn’t a battle that has lasted 11 years but a battle between two 11 year old competitors! This match pits a Japanese Student of Kyokushin against a Chinese Student of Shaolin Fists. The competion takes place in China before an all Chinese audience all dressed in Red! Who will win…?! The two eleven
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 26, 2008
Know Yourself, Be At Peace
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #120 One day Chuang-tzu and a friend were walking along a riverbank. “How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!” Chuang-tzu exclaimed. “You are not a fish,” his friend said. “How do you know whether or not the fishes are enjoying themselves?” “You are not me,” Chuang-tzu said. “How do you know that
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 25, 2008
Solitude
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #119 So many stones are thrown at me that I no longer cover, the turret’s cage is shapely, high among high towers. My thanks, to its builders, may they escape pain and woe, here, I see suns rise earlier, here, their last splendors glow. And often winds from northern seas fill the windows
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 24, 2008
Putting Things in Perspective
A Zen Thing . Articles of Interest . VideoSometimes we need to pause and put things in perspective. It isn’t often that I run across something that covers the big picture so well, so when I do I like to share it. Hope this helps you gain some perspective for without perspective there is little we can do. Perhaps watching this will give
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 23, 2008
Happy Easter!
Events & Holidays“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it” (John 3:16-17). And something for the kids… An Easter Egg Maze. May the
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 22, 2008
The Lesson of the 5 Monkeys
A Zen Thing . Articles of InterestWe begin to learn the lesson of the five monkeys but putting five monkeys in a cage and in the cage hang a banana on a string and put stairs leading up to it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches
Written by Sensei Mitch on March 21, 2008
