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Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who is in the Beaverton, Oregon area. I am doing a sparring seminar this Saturday for the great students and instructors of Aim High. Here is the flier.

Recently I had an experience that made a profound impact on my martial arts journey, essentially because it made me want to continue my martial arts journey.

You see, in the past few years, I had contemplated retiring from martial arts. Not because of age. Not because I didn’t still love it with an almost unhealthy passion, but because I got too caught up in the politics of martial arts. I wasn’t seeing the reverence that a student was supposed to hold for their Sensei. I…