Muncie Korean Martial Art

Author: Ken Ring

  • Good Pain vs Bad Pain

    I can’t find a good online definition for “pain”. They all talk about physical pain being “discomfort caused by illness or injury”. Martial artists, heck, anyone who has done fifty sit-ups on a whim knows that pain doesn’t have to come from “illness or injury”. Do me a favor. Reach over and pinch your arm. Feel that? Is there…

  • From the Archives: Your Goal or Mine?

    I’m sharing some articles that I wrote for previous newsletters. I hope you like them. Your Goal or Mine? In a previous lifetime, back in the early ’90s, I was training for my Commercial Pilot’s License.  When I was just beginning the training and getting ready for my first solo, I had to test with…

  • From KSW Muncie

    This is turning out to be an quite an expensive month for us here at the school. We have all of our normal expenses, plus our franchise is up for renewal, I have my Third Degree Black Belt testing fees to pay, and a LOT of travel expenses. With all of this going on, it makes…

  • October Schedule Highlights

    October will be a busy month! September 30, Testing This will be all ranks. 1pm to 4pm October 6, Kuk Sool Won World Championship Tournament With travel and testing in Houston, I will have to close the school from 10/3 until 10/9 (Wednesday through Tuesday). I will not travel to Peoria this month to help…

  • From KSW Peoria

    I just received this email from SBN Ben this afternoon and thought I would add the text for you here. Hello everyone, Great news….We have a closing date for the new school, it is Oct. 3rd, the new school is less than 4 blocks from our current location, the address is 2303 W. Glen ave,…

  • Hello, Sir!

    Just wanted to take a minute to say hi and give you and yours an update. We are doing well, for the most part, although we are still a little financially strapped. But, there have been a few unforeseen additional expenses, so what can ya do, right? =) Regardless, we’re enjoying our new lives. Our…

  • Some views on Martial Art Training in Muncie, Indiana

    Which is more different, our art or our philosophy? The last time that I counted, there were about twelve martial art schools in Muncie. That’s a lot, don’t you think? The purpose of this blog is to tell you what I think of the other schools. There are several ways for me to speak here:…

  • Why “Martial Art” and not “Karate”?

    This post may well become Part 1 of a series. I’ll do my best to keep it brief and to-the-point. The term “martial art” refers to any practice or exercise of warlike nature. This would include: learning empty-handed self-defense (which, as the basis of all martial arts, is sometimes erroneously thought to epitomize martial art…

  • Introductory Classes

    If there is one thing that my students and I all agree on, it is that we need a new location for our school. Something permanent where we can stretch out, push ourselves, enjoy ourselves, and become the best martial artists that we can be. In order to do this, we simply need more students.…

  • Primal Eating – Week Three Recap

    Week three was an atypical week for me. It was spent travelling, staying in hotels, and in day-long workshops. My diet was not perfect, but not horrible either. I had several deviations, some of necessity, others of weakness. I had pizza twice, and I thoroughly enjoyed it both times. Both times were after long marathon sessions on…