If reaching a goal is important to you, then you need to put in the time and effort to prepare for it. It's that simple. You need to ask...

Excellence is a mindset. It's about giving it your all, every chance you get. It's about trying harder than you ever thought you might...

No matter how unlikely the success, a true Black Belt will always face the challenge head on. It's because a Black Belt understands that...

(Topic suggested by 7yo Cayden Dosoruth) It's important to be driven, entertain ambitions and set goals for ourselves. After all, unless...

So often in life we try to control the outcome. Nature does not tend to work that way and will drop things into our path that are good...

As we make our way up through our belt system in martial arts, overcoming one challenge after another in our continuing quest to keep...

Be yourself. From start to finish, just be yourself. There are going to be lots of pressures to fit in, to belong, to change yourself so...

Congratulations to all those who passed their grading recently. Remember to stop and enjoy this moment. Celebrate all your #successes, no...

Your #success is proportional to your #vision. If you aim to be a green belt, then that's where your peak will be. And if you want to be...

(Credit to Sensei Andrew Dickinson from Northstar Martial Arts for this week's mat chat.) In any #exercise, whether it is martial arts,...