So 15 minutes into the first class of 2010 and I’d had enough… I grabbed a stick off the wall and used it on my students! Yep… I let them have it! You might think that’s this is a little harsh? Well, YES I used it on my students but not in the way you […]

We’re all are familiar with the notion of not allowing disempowering emotions to interfere with our actions when it comes to self defense. However have you ever thought about how your emotions as an instructor might affect your students and their ability to perform? An instructor I know gets extremely irritated when his students can’t […]

Very few martial arts instructors seem to plan their class content. Many take the teaching approach of “We’ll do some basics and then see what needs to be worked on…”, or some simply stick to the same plan for every single class – basics, line work, kata, sparring, boring… As someone who teaches around 25 […]