I was reading an article that was discussing whether today's Judoka are as good as yesterday's. One thing it discussed, is traveling costs. For instance, to train an olympic judoka, you would probably want go to training camps where you could get instruction from the best. One thing though, is it is easier to send one person somewhere then a bunch of people.

An example of this is that by the time an owner of a martial arts school goes to seminar, he might as well put one on at his school. One reason is that then he get's help defraying the cost of the seminar. Also, your working with a bunch more people.

Colors of Character

One idea I had with the Colors of Character is perhaps that instead of Self-discipline, Self-Control, and respect, we instead do the five rules of the school. That way it ties into the rules of the school.

Demo Team

I was watching the demo team. Alot of teenagers are involved with it. One of my thoughts is a demo team should demonstrate the techniques of that school. So people say I want to learn that, it looks cool.

In the past people have had trouble recognizing what demo team is doing. So perhaps weapons techniques would be good, because people understand, oh he got attacked by a club, or a knife. Perhaps focus more on the applications of techniques.

“Love is like a friendship
caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty,
often hot and fierce,
but still only light and flickering.
As love grows older,
our hearts mature
and our love becomes as coals,
deep-burning and unquenchable.”

~ Bruce Lee ~

kama practice

Kama's were usually used like a handaxe. So splitting wood with them, would be one way to practice with them.