Max ... thank you, may the rest of the Holiday Season pass gently for you.

Rick & Al ... Another year, another circle (block ) ... good to hear from you.

All the best, Jackie

Have you ever been in the flow of your kata that the movements that flowed out of you were not necessarily that of the kata, but a combination of all that you've studied/practiced? I've had quite the experience doing Sanseiryu recently. I started/ended with correct movements, but the middle were wha...

Dear Friends ...

Best Wishes to you this holiday season. May you take time to step inside your sacred circle of self to remember and renew your spirit. May the New Year bring you awareness and insights into your path and art.

In beauty, Jackie

From my dojo to your dojo
From my home to your home
From my familiy to your family

Have a blessed & Happy Thanksgiving. May your lives be filled with peace, harmony & abundance!

What you are referring to Max IMHO is meditative thinking," thinking that "contemplates the meaning which reigns in everything that is." This kind of thinking lies at the heart of what it means to be human, has to do with pondering and waiting, with going beyond our ordinary understan...

Beautifully said Dana!!

Read what 2 women did to thwart an intruder. Sometimes you just need to be cunning ... http://www.msnbc.com/news/986959.asp?cp1=1

The puzzle can have the third side ,this is in keeping with the law of three ,three modes of development encased in a puzzle piece . In Thomas Cleary's book - Understanding Reality translation of an 11th Century Classic by Chang Po-tuan states that to refine the 'law of three' or 'three treasurers'...

Thanks for sharing your heart sounds...

I agree with Rick, Max ... There aren't many people that approach training as you do. This forum was never one for many topics or high responses. Rather, it was formed for the purpose of discussing 'whatever creative passion moved your soul.' And obviously Sanchin is something that strikes to the ve...

Not many teachers in this day & age willing to take the time in teaching one movement of a form for an hour, let alone giving 2 hours of their time to talk with a student. Kudos to you, Max... The foundation, I believe, is incredibly important to laying the pattern for change to occur. And it se...

This is a great technique all taught in women's self esteem workshops about understanding boundaries. Most of the time, the participant gets disgusted, walks away and tries another person. However, we had one example where the requester escalated the request and started invading the space of the wom...

Re: Sanchin/Seisan representing the study of binary information ... do you mean that it is a system for revealing information relating to a deeper or larger purpose? Like the I Ching or Mayan Calendar?

Max ... so that I can understand your train of thought.... would you please define how you mean ruthlessness? I've always felt that Karate - especially Uechi-ryu -- was a good place where to learn this characteristic. To be ruthless is to have impeccable survival skills regardless of the situation o...

Evasion may be hard for women as it may involved saying or doing something that is not considered "appropriate behavior" -- like being rude or saying no. After all, weren't we raised to be good girls?! Evasion also means change the pattern and pay attention to our surroundings, which many ...