Black Belt Training
July 12, 2025
Topics:
gratitude: “To illustrate true gratitude is find blessings in everything." -Shifu
Meditation: “When meditating The Pause/Holding of the breath is when one detaches from unwanted thoughts.” -Shifu
Black Belt Training
April 26, 2025
Topics:
FLOW: “When we find creative ways to engage all of who we are in the process, aligning our lives with our True Selves often happens much more easily.” ― Laurie E. Smith
kILL the Ego: “When we remove ego, we’re left with what is real. What replaces ego is humility, yes, but rock-hard humility and confidence.”
― Ryan Holiday
Black Belt Training
February 22, 2025
“The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.” -Bruce Lee
Black Belt Training
January 25, 2025
“Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.” -Earl Nightingale
Black Belt Training December 14, 2024
“Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotions, because the body always follows the mind.” -Bruce Lee
Black Belt Training
November 9, 2024
“Alone we are strong, together we are stronger.” – Unknown
Flow Lesson Instructor Felicia Moore-Herring
Key Points of Lesson:
Shift your perspective
How to get to the point of finding gratitude in everything
Gratitude being both a state and a trait
Continuous practice
Flow Lesson Instructor Jim Renteria
Key Points of Lesson:
Flow is calm, focus, not thinking just doing,
Flow can be found in the finding balance between challenge and skill.
Once the balance is achieved the flow state of Increased Skills > Decreasing Challenge > Less Demanding Skills > Increasing Challenge all come together in a flow state cycle.
How to get to the flow state?
Breathing techniques will create the separation of contemplation and reduce distractions.
Focus on oneself
Kill the ego