Welcome to the first full week of February!  We’ve moved into a new element – Earth.  These element themes are just our way of focusing our learning on different concepts that the ancient Japanese elements represent.  Earth is, of course, about the solid, concrete aspects of life.  Along that vein, our weekly theme is “Words […]

Hi all!  It’s the fifth week of the month.  We always take this time to work on anything we feel needs extra attention in classes. This week, we’re working on: New students are working on front rolls. Veteran students are working on teaching front rolls that they’ve already learned to newer students, from squatting two

Each month, our school turns its focus to a different element in the traditional Japanese sense.  It’s a great tool for looking at life through different lenses.  This month, we’re exploring the Void element.  It represents the idea of emptiness, new beginnings and infinite possibilities.  Pretty perfect for the start of a new year. We

It’s the third week in January, and our theme is: FORCE! I’ll never forget my first class training in Japan with our Grandmaster.  He flowed so effortlessly, controlled the space around him constantly, and said, “You don’t need force to have control.  You don’t need anything you think you might need to have control”. Life

We have a 4 month old – and two older kids.  If you’ve ever had this dynamic in your house, you know that currently our main objective in life is to protect the baby from being smothered in hugs and kisses.  But you also know that within the next year, that objective will change, and

Here’s what’s on my mind these days: Loaded Springs Seeds Lying Dormant Mountains with Volcanic Potential My Children What do all these things have in common? They are not defined most by their circumstances, but by their possibilities.   It’s what I love about a class like Barefoot Boot Camp.  This is the fitness boot

What would you say is on your mind the most these days?  I mean, if there was an app for that, and it could really measure exactly what your mind spends most of its time pondering, what would you say it thinks of the most?  What does it wonder about?  What questions does it ask

Next week is the fifth week in “Fire” month and we’re taking a hard look at how we spend our time.  If you sat down right now and made a pie chart of your life, dividing the pie into categories of how you spend your time, what would it look like?   Now, if you