Observing a Genuine Person With a Heart of Gold Rosemarie has been in and out of our lives for over 10 years now and watching her grow has been truly inspirational. In the early years I knew Rosemarie mostly as a caring parent of three beautiful young children. With every conversation and moment
I am very grateful that I get to work with a lot of incredible people every day, and in this weeks post I wanted to share a recent experience that I had with one of our students. Although I could write a book of greatness about this young person, I wanted to focus on one moment in
As a young karate-ka (teenager) I kept a special folder with my karate notes, essays and grading requirement lists. Whilst I was doing a little research today I stumbled across this well worn folder and I found a piece of writing that I thought others may appreciate. This piece of writing was shared with me
What I am hoping to share in today’s blog post is that with the right planning and preparations you will stack the odds in your favour to follow your goals through to completion. You can be certain that you will be met with challenges that are out of your control (‘uncontrollables’), but with the right perspective you can
When you choose to commit to a karate program and begin the progression from white to black belt, you will find yourself on a path that is started by many and completed only by a minority. I can share stories with our students of what my journey was like and how I dealt with challenges, yet I have come
I get to be inspired by some amazing karate kids at Sunshine Coast Karate and this week was no different. As a way to share my gratitude for their presence in the dojo and in my life, I was searching for ways to make their experiences more memorable with a ‘touch of magic’. What is that ‘touch of
This week I share with you how our amazing Little Champions and the message of ‘The 3 Levels of Focus’ helps me get across the line with my personal challenges as a beginner paddler (one year on the water) as I prepare for a 111km overnight paddling adventure. Our Sensei Snapper message for our Little
This week, it would seem that my training program (based on notes from Japan) has proven to be more than enough to pull me out of my comfort zone. I’m feeling out of my depths and mid week I came down with a tummy bug which seemed to leave me feeling quite fatigued. I went
I’m not one of those lucky people that find getting back into routine all that easy so I have to make an effort to deliberately keep some kind of structure even in my down time. I allocated a week of rest after my time in Japan and I dare say I was finding myself asking
After an amazing trip to the International Chito-Ryu Karate-Do Headquarters, I have arrived home safely to my family. It’s been a couple of days and I’m feeling very loved and in high demand. I haven’t as yet had a chance to review/reflect my study notes as every spare moment I’ve had has been dedicated to
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