We’re coming up on the second week in “water month”. The value of the month is Flexibility and this week’s theme is Prevention. Now, when people say the word prevention, a lot of activities come to mind that can be, well…. boring! Taking your vitamins, doing gentle morning exercises, budgeting, looking before you leap, yawn! […]
You all, we are on cloud nine this week! We are busy planning for our expansion coming this fall! The dreams we’ve had to create a school pick-up after school program and make classes accessible to more kids, to have more room in all our classes, and to make our lobby a better place for
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I’ve been thinking lately about what it takes to really accomplish something that seems insurmountable. There are many things in my life I’ve set out to do with incredible naivety only to discover, after already being committed to the project, how much I was in over my head. These moments of discovery and the decisions
We’re coming up on our third full week in February and the theme at the dojo is “Conscience.” The idea of living by your conscience and trying to do the right thing is nothing novel. The interesting part, the part that makes each of us unique, is how we develop our conscience in the first
The idea of bravery gets tossed around a lot in martial arts. Students show up to our program ready to take on the world and all the “bad guys” in it. While it can be tempting to squash this idea early on, we’ve learned that life’s most powerful lessons are best unveiled through active experience.
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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