Crazy Cereal
For Kids . Fun Stuff . Products . Recipes and Health FactsWhen you go to the grocery store and stand in the cereal isle you can’t help but think…I must be crazy! Well you just might be right but not because of the ridiculously high price of cereal or the low nutritional value of most cereals or even the sugar content. No it turns out you/we
10 Minutes to Get in Shape!
Diet . Fitness . Recipes and Health Facts . TechniqueWe all have busy schedules and to be honest there often isn’t enough time in the day to get a good workout in. All the exercise programs, DVDs and clubs make it sound so easy, well honestly when it is your job it is easy! But I am assuming most of us are not getting
Thomas Paine – Self-Defense Expert
Politics . Self-Defense“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” — Thomas Paine I chose this quote because today, Feb. 9th, is Thomas Paine’s birthday. The above is a good conversation starter for discussing the responsibility of citizens for their own self-defense… Thoughts?
Bored?
Fun Stuff . VideoPerhaps this is the cure for boredom on those long drives… [zdvideo]https://karatetraining.org/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/boredomwheel.mpeg[/zdvideo] No actual drivers were injured in the filming of this video.
Burning Stomach Fat – Work that Core
Fitness . Recipes and Health Facts . Technique . Training notesThere are many exercises we can employ to help us burn fat, but as we discussed in this previous post we need to build muscle if we really want to burn those fat cells off! Many people think they need to work their abdominal muscles to get their six-pack abs but the forget the curtain
I’ll take the bed near the window
Entertainment . Fun Stuff“During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director “How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized” “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.”
The Real World is Outside…
Fitness . Fun Stuff . Products . Recipes and Health FactsSome times we need a reminder to be part of the real world… To many of us are so connected (via technology) that we are disconnected from the real world and real world experiences. While I love my computer and video games it disturbs me when I hear people replacing legitimate activities like going to
FitDeck Playing Cards for Combat Sports and more
Fitness . Products . Training notesI came across these really cool fitness cue cards. They are simple to use and give a concise description and visual representation of each exercise. Here is an example the “Firefighter Lunge with a Twist” card: Everyone knows how fond I am of Lunges as a training tool, so you can look forward to these!!
True Enjoyment
A Zen Thing . Diet . Fitness . Quotes . Recipes and Health Facts . State of Mind“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body;the two are united.”Alexander Von Humboldt Given the recent posts on diet and exercise I thought I should find an appropriate quote to exercise your mind as well. As a Martial Arts student you should have figured out by now that your mind
British Karate
Entertainment . Fun Stuff . VideoYou have to love British humor…or not, but you will enjoy this… Remember what you look like when you fail to break your next board or mess up your next counter attack!
