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Using martial arts and education I will,
"...help create strong people with sharp minds and soft hearts."
Embedding parts of my learning journey creatively...
To my past, present and future self and hopefully to my kids one day.

Microdose on suffering *repeated*
Indeed, life will continue to begin demanding more. Whatever that is difficult now will become exponentially more difficult. We must: -...
May 3, 20232 min read
Nothing happens by accident
Nothing happens by accident, because we are all connected. The world, the universe, everyone's life, animate, inanimate, our second to...
Apr 30, 20232 min read
"Link your confidence to your good intentions"
Confidence is never absolute. Growing up, I struggled with confidence issues which I understand now to be a lack of practice in being...
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Embrace being the bad person
"It's better to be an a**hole earlier than to have to be an a**hole later." Somewhere inside of us, we all have some traits of an...
Apr 23, 20232 min read
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
Marianne Williamson's "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure," has been...
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Weekly discourse
Charlie Chaplin said a funny joke to an audience three times cultivating laughter in the first instance. Substantially decreased laughter...
Apr 19, 20233 min read
Useful Japanese concept 1
I have been working on cultivating a balance between Japanese and Western culture: an effort to take what is good from both sides after...
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Unpacking David Deida's 'Way of the superior man'
I finished David Deida's 'Way of the superior man', no complaints when a book is so easy to read yet powerful. Below are some key...
Apr 10, 20233 min read
Give more than you take
Broadly, there are two stages to growth. Healing, which often focuses on the past, understanding the past, accepting it and moving on....
Apr 8, 20234 min read
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