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15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

--by Dana Saviuc, Original Story, May 10, 2012

This is from our good friend, John Mariotti, a martial artist, school owner and activist from Fernley, Nevada. 

Are you ready? Here it is…A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. This is the biggest lie in the diet and nutrition industry today. And it is a lie that continues to perpetuate through ads, news and even dietary education.

For those of you who don’t know a calorie is the amount of energy needed…

Mr. Starks is one of out Black Belts, and just recently got out of the Navy after serving 8 years in SAR (Sea Air Rescue). For strength training, endurance training and nutrition information he is one of our valued go-to sources. This is his answer to the question of gaining weight if you eat too…

Simple, easy workout equipment you can make…

It is so easy to give in to all the excuses that stand in the way of our success and good health.

THIS LINK will take you to a posting that gives you some tools to overcome those excuses.…

Pain in the foot? Try this.…

7. Members of this Family support all members in everything except the loss of

Honor.

Emotional support, Physical support, Spiritual support, in fact any kind of support should be given without question – that’s what Family does. But if the support involves the loss of your…

4. Members of this Family always honor

Themselves.

Honoring your Teachers, Students and Peers is almost impossible if you don’t, or can’t, honor yourself. Living an honorable life is difficult, but it is something one should strive for in every aspect of…

The 9 Principles of Goju-Shorei

and why they’re important

Over the next three postings I’m going to discuss each of the 9 Guiding Principles of Goju-Shorei. I struggle from time to time trying to follow them and I assume that I’m not alone.

First a…

Think you've given enough, or cared enough?

Think again.

This is one small example of the extended hand making a huge difference.

Domo Arigato to Master Jeff Denton for this…

Think you're training too hard or sparring too hard.

Think…

Let the fun begin. 1,000…

It’s the annual resolution time; new diet, new goals, new job, new accomplishments, etc. We’ve all done it for years, and we all have a miserable success rate. At the end of the year we look back on the shards of our resolutions – yet again.

Here is my 2012 Resolution, and I invite you to join in or tag along.

I resolve to be Relevant.

Relevant in my decision making

Relevant in my well…

Master David Turnbull, as a part of his test for 6th degree in Tae Kwon Do, performed some interesting, inventive, and unique breaks - not to mention some kicking skills. The egg he is using is raw. I love the idea that he is using his students and fellow black belts for this portion of the test.

Master Turnbull, if you can't tell from the video, is hugely strong, but also one of the kindest, gentlest human…

Upon entering my dojo you will see, to the immediate left of the door, three large pictures of Grand Master Novak. One is the front cover of a 1977 martial arts magazine, another one from an earlier time, and the last one was taken in 2005 just before he was confined to a wheelchair by a car accident. His inscriptions to me on these photos…

FOUR CORNERS

By Professor Kainoa Li

Professor Henry S. Okazaki taught that each corner of the Dojo held a certain significance and was there as a reminder to teach us something special. He had combined Japanese Judo & Jujitsu, Hawaiian Lua, and Chinese martial arts to create arguably the first truly culturally "Mixed Martial Art."

He also broke ground by teaching people…

Some fun close quarter drills using the crook of the…