Success!! We ran our first online classes tonight! Thank-you to everyone who took part in these inaugural sessions. It was a little rocky at times, but we wi...

Just crushed 12k of the Florida Trail. This shot was from a week ago when I was still psyched for running the ATB 30K. On this run, my biggest concern was th...

to write, to sing, to paint, do karate, or whatever. However you finish the sentence, it’s simply not true. This is Resistance talking.

What a fight! Reflecting on Saturday’s main event of UFC 246, here are a few takeaways from a martial artist’s perspective.

Set New Year's Resolutions! Or don't. Instead consider Tim Ferriss' PYR. Regardless of your approach, continue to learn and improve.

Here are my top ten book recommendations for martial artists. These books cover classical budo, martial arts philosophy, strategy, and even modern mindset re...

The youth senior belt class this week morphed at times into the Ministry of Silly Walks. Students walked around the dojo on the insides and outsides of their...

I’m deep into a trial of Intermittent Fasting. There are many variations, but the model I am testing is Time Restricted Eating. Here is a Coles notes summary...

There was a classic UFC fight Saturday night featuring a Brazilian, Michel Pereira, a showman of WWE proportions. Pereira break danced his way to the cage. T...

How do we generate power in the martial arts and where does muscle come into play? When we think of ‘power’ formulaically, Power = Force x Velocity, and Forc...

One thousand katas is a lot of friggin’ kata! This is my not-so-brilliant observation from our Week 4 challenge: Kata. For a few years now, the 100 Kata Chal...

We are three weeks into our Goggins-Inspired Savage Summer. If you don't know David Goggins, read this blog post, or watch his latest youtube video. I'll war...

The 2019 edition of the May 24 Weekend Iaido & Jodo Seminar was fantastic as always! Sei Do Kai again hosted top instructors from Japan, Gre

This is part two of the Kushindokai April Seminar series. In the adult session, Sensei Michael introduced a handful of kumite / sparring drills. Developing d...

What do you do when a fantastic karate instructor visits your dojo for not one but two epic seminars? Well, after admiring the photos and reviewing my notes,...

I had the privilege of teaching a Tonfa seminar at Orangeville’s Kushindokai Karate club not too long ago. They have a great club. Under the very knowledgeab...

A huge thank-you to Chris and Aiden Chisholm for the Wrestling seminar last week. Wrestling doesn’t have a belt ranking system, but if it did, Chris would be...

I can't recommend this book enough. It is awesome! If you like people and stories that inspire you to seriously train harder, then this is the book for you. ...

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying a great break and is ready to kick 2019 into high gear. Gradings 2018 was a great year. Several of our s...