Dave HooverSep 21, 20182 minIt's time to "play karate"This is a tough phrase for me to say. After all, karate is serious stuff. It's a fighting art, a method of self-defense, a means of...
Dave HooverSep 2, 20182 minInspired fitness. Black belt life.It's time I took the time to provide a little colour to our tag-line and value statement "Inspired fitness. Black belt life." Coming from...
Dave HooverJul 26, 20182 minThe Book of Five RingsThe Go Rin no Sho of Miyamoto Musashi is arguably one of the greatest texts on classic Japanese swordsmanship, written by one of the...
Dave HooverMar 10, 20182 min20 Precepts of Karate-doTo progress at every belt, there is a grading. Students are tested on basics, kata, bunkai (applications of the kata), and self-defence....
Dave HooverMar 3, 20183 minBooks of February"To live is to learn." In keeping with this mantra, here are the books I've read / listened to over the past month. The 4-Hour Work Week...
Dave HooverFeb 22, 20181 minThink that you have numerous enemiesWe ended class last night (as we often do) with a very brief discussion of some budo philosophies. Last night we brushed over one, but...