Do you remember your very first Karate class? I don’t. (Hey, I was like 2 years old!) Do you remember that feeling of putting your white belt on for th

Scary stuff, but cults do beat treadmills.

My favorites are:

3. If you have never been angry with your sensei, you have probably not been training long enough.

9.Make a mental note to slow down. The depths of Karate are best discovered, and subsequently enjoyed, at a more sophisticated pace.

14.Modern Karate is increasingly geared toward competition — rip each other’s throats out, survival of the fittest, blah blah. Try the opposite though, and you might just discover a new kind of joy. Competition is very rarely as useful as cooperation – both in Karate and life.

18. What other people think of your Karate is none of your business. A tiger doesn’t lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.

walkingalonenyc:

It’s all about passing on the knowledge.

Caption Contest!

The one thing I took for granted about this school is that it operates at a low profit, which to me is very sincere. Karate 1st. Business 2nd.

martialartsmaven:

It’s never too late to return to the martial arts after taking time off. Push through the barriers that keep you from training. It may take a few classes to get back into the routine, but don’t quit just because you had to take a break. Don’t compare yourself to others who may have passed you in rank. Karate is often a singular journey, and the only person you must compete with is yourself.

p-u-b-l-i-c-s-e-c-r-e-t:

that’s my life! ;)

urbanafrofuturism:

So this is very un…shotokan-like.

Part of Dojo kun is SEEK PERFECTION OF CHARACTER and RESPECT OTHERS

but gotta be honest with y’all

I’m feeling quite petty and smug about this;

I wrote way back about people training in Shotokan who didn’t take it seriously, and were making it hard for others…

Agreed