Meditations: a martial art teacher’s thoughts.
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Fundamental Questions
Have you ever thought about your responsibilities as a member of society? What do you owe yourself and the other people in your life? I know that some people find the idea of social responsibility irritating and even pretentious. I don’t. Maybe it’s the writer in me,
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Reblog: Open Letter to the World
So, this week, I’m reblogging from myself. I published this a couple of weeks ago over on my writing site, http://kennethring.com. I’m getting back into the writing groove now, and should be back on track with weekly blogs next week. Dear World, How are you? Well, I hope. We haven’t spoken in a while.…
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CEP Musings
I just spent a long weekend in the company of some of the best people on the planet. Here, with no particular emphasis are my thoughts on what I experienced and thought about the 2016 World Kuk Sool Association Continuing Education Program.
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Reblog: Students or Members?
I’m sharing a little post that I wrote a few months ago. Take some time to think about your relationship with your school. Taking care of your martial art school is an essential part of training. As I work on longer, more involved blog articles, I wanted to take a moment this weekend to…
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Blackbelt Reading List
I’ve been working on this project for over ten years. It’s not finished, but I’m sharing this work-in-progress in the hope that it will become a community project. So, the original idea was to have a list of books that will guide the Blackbelt Candidate and help focus their mind on training. It has expanded,…
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I Don’t Want to Hurt People
“I Don’t Want to Hurt People” I’m hearing this expressed a lot lately by students and others. This article is an effort to clarify my views on hurting versus injuring, and how pacifism is entirely compatible with a martial art lifestyle. So, first of all, wanting not to hurt people is a good thing.
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Um and Yang of Stance Training
Any new endeavor has to begin at the beginning. The beginning of martial art training is learning how to stand and how to move. Next month we’ll talk about movement. This month: Stances. Speaking from experience, the best thing a new martial artist can do for themselves is to work hard on their stances. There…
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Why Everyone in Muncie Should Train at Kuk Sool Won™ of Muncie
My last post ended with me saying that Kuk Sool Won™ of Muncie might not be the right martial art school for you. This post will tell you why we probably are the right school for you. When people come to me looking for a martial art school, I always ask them why they want…
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What is Kuk Sool Won?
I want to take some time this week to talk about the martial art system that we teach at Kuk Sool Won™ of Muncie. These are questions that I frequently get when talking to potential students. If I missed yours, let me know in the comment section. What does Kuk Sool Won™ mean? Kuk Sool…
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Blackbelt Cooking
Martial artists tend to become a bit obsessive about training and their art. They spend free time practicing, studying, and talking about styles, famous martial artists, and the history of martial arts. Some of us even schedule our vacation time around martial art events. I would like to take the opportunity to extend that obsession…
Got any book recommendations?