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January 29, 2015

America’s Best Defense

Best Defense: Training and More Training Despite concerted efforts by law enforcement authorities and the criminal justice system, costly crimes such as…

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Prepare for Real Life

Reality-Based Classes Prepare You for Real Life Okay, so you’re eating healthy and exercising regularly. Your body is fit, your heart is…

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Improve Goal-Setting

Improving Goal-Setting Skills Using Martial Arts Martial arts have been practiced and passed down generation after generation for centuries now, though the…

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Build Self-Esteem

Build Self-Esteem With Martial Arts Martial arts have been practiced and utilized since antiquity, steadfastly carried forth through many generations of mankind…

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Training Hard

Training Hard = Respectable Work Ethic The old adage that “hard work never killed anybody” remains a fact today. Just like seeds…

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Teaching Children the Nature of Respect

In many ways it seems that we live in an ever-worsening culture of crude, rude, and vulgar speech and behavior. Respect now…

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Teaching Children About Honor

“Honor” is a word that we hear today primarily in relation to the brave men and women of our armed forces, and…

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Stand Tall and Stand Proud

We live in a world where the pressure to “fit in” is tremendous, magnified now by mobile and social media, fast food,…

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January 28, 2015

Setting and Achieving Goals

Goals We all have dreams in life, and most realize that in order to achieve those dreams, we must set goals, a…

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Reality-Based Self-Defense for Kids

Protecting yourself and your children is not always an easy task in the world today. Since we can’t physically protect them 24/7,…

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“No BS” Training – It’s REAL

Children can be a frustrating lot, especially if they lack courtesy and discipline. Perhaps it’s an over-generalization, but sometimes it seems that…

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Never Give Up!

Never Give Up! In a day and age where intense competition rules the world, teaching our children the value of not quitting…

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