White Crane Karate

06/02/2022

Hello Everyone who has tuned into this platform. Hope everything is going well with your training and your students. Keep up the good work!

02/27/2022

Here’s another great quote from my friend/mentor.

I recall a long time ago when I was employed at Chrysler a man I was working with seeing me reading a Black Belt magazine and saying "if someone attacked me I would punch him in the throat, and kick him in the nuts." What a egotistical fool. He would get one timed on the street very fast. I just said to him "wow I would not want to mess with you." His ego was so big he took that as a compliment too.

My take on this: No need to fight. The real struggle is within. Within the mind and heart of the other person. Even people we love! Learn to not take anything personal when it’s others who are simply doing that. Stay FROSTY!!!

02/27/2022

02/19/2022

Fan of Bruce Lee? Maybe you’re sick of the today’s attitude? Do you think else are living in a DYSTOPIAN society, country, or world? Maybe you’re like me and you remember a time when martial arts was something you trained because you wanted to improve who you were and to feel better about yourself?! Well if that’s the case, then read on...

I remember well when I was a child seeing the pilot for the Green Hornet, and watching Bruce Lee run down a flight of stairs ump and kick out a light. I was amazing. Today all the mystery that was once part of the martial arts is long gone. When I was in High School and boxing with the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club, there was a kid in my grade who was taking Tae Kwon Do with Bob Chase of United Tae Kwon Do, This was the first martial art school that I recall in the city. But I know there were others.

At school when this guy took a stance there was a great "aura" about him of being invincible. All I wanted to do was become a martial artist.

Today the mystery is long gone. Everyone and his brother has had some kind of training. We now also have a proliferation of systems saying how "karate" does not work, only my "special forces" stuff does.

Commercialization has done damage. And I am pro commercialization, but not selling out. You do not have to sell out because you have a commercial dojo. However the arts have become very watered down as Black Belts rushed to open schools.

The martial arts lost their street effectiveness, and mystery due to the times. But it does not need to be this way. On the street there is not longer an element of surprise. Everyone has seen it. Or have they?

This is a portion of a small article from a blog that one of my mentors has published. He’s also one of my long time instructors and we share like minds. We only care about sharing knowledge and training for the right reasons. I hope that I’m helping him and in turn helping others!

01/16/2022

This has been my “dojo kun” for the moment. It’s fitting for the times.

The Four Agreements

1. Your Word is impeccable.
2. Don’t take things personally.
2. Don’t make assumptions.
3. Always do your best.

-Don Miguel Ruiz

01/16/2022

Reflecting: I’m always reminded that life is about balance. Balance is found in nature.

To understand the power of nature and follow the rhythm of nature will allow you to strike naturally. -Musashi

Balance is everything! -Mr. Miyagi

Striking is not always about hitting or destroying but is also about acting on your intuition. This is Extended Ki.

01/16/2022

Reflecting: Today upon cooling down I realized that Ki principles of Kochi Tohei’s are all one principle. We can experience these principles from 4 different angles. I had the most difficulty understanding ALWAYS EXTEND KI. For me I now understand Extended Ki as being completely relaxed, feeling grounded, and centered. Do you practice these principles in life? How have they helped you?

01/14/2022

Is this Buddha Warrior performing the Naihanchi Kata?

01/12/2022

Karteka posing as the Busaganashi. Do you see any resemblance to the Naihanchi Kata? Pasai Dai?

01/08/2022

https://youtube.com/shorts/LcpWGX-9oHg?feature=share

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

01/08/2022

https://youtu.be/G_EMKJu578A

One of my video archives of part of an online exam for Kyusho Jutsu. The test was over our ability to break down Kata and explain applications. Many secti...