Dear GutsIsTheKey reader. This BEAM is about karate’s positive potential and power to change lives in a healthy way. Karate has been a life long experience for me. I remember, when I had my first karate lesson over 40 years ago; karate was practically an unknown in America. The only successful karate movie […]
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Karate’s life transforming power
April 27, 2013“Slam” = The Preacher?
April 2, 2013A lot of times I hate it when people find out I am a preacher. I have found that the greatest minister is also the greatest servant. When I was a Quaker Pastor in Tennessee, I was a little unusual. If your yard needed mowing, I mowed it. If your garden needed tilling, I […]
Shotokan Karate Principles of Power -
March 3, 2013Hello GutsIsTheKey Reader. This Writing is for a select group of you. Those interested in the martial arts and especially the karate sources of power, that can seem to generate “secret” abilities. In some respects, I am one of those hard-core karate guys. I have done it pretty much all of […]
What’s important to me.
February 4, 2013Dear GutsIsTheKey reader, When I started to do my new year’s purposing; my heart wasn’t in it. So, for the first time in 7 years; I did not come out with what I felt was an earth shattering goal statement for the year. I couldn’t exactly explain what I was feeling, even to […]
Shotokan karate & Tim Carter
July 24, 2012Quite a few of my Twitter followers ask me questions from time to time about the style of karate that I teach. Shotokan is the style I trained in for 20+ years and taught in Florida for several years and now teach in North Carolina. Karate has been a part of […]
Fight training tips for students preparing for karate tournaments.
March 8, 2012Ok. I promised some of you some karate related help from time to time. If you are teaching students for tournament sparring. This little outline I developed is a great tool to help you get your students ready. If you are a student getting ready for a fight; these guidelines will help you as well. […]
Real Life Self Defense Seminar
December 28, 2011Caught On Tape: Clerk Punches, Knocks Out Armed Robber – Greenville News Story – WYFF Greenville A friend of mine shared this film clip on his FaceBook Page! I commented as indicated below. Great to study to think about your own self defense from an attacker. The link below is to a great film to review to analyze […]
DEFERRAL OR DEFENSE???
December 10, 2011….. DEFERRAL OR DEFENSE??? – Jesus said, if a man hits you on the cheek; turn the other cheek to him also. Have you ever really done that? I have….. It’s no fun. It didn’t injure me permanently but it sure hurt my ego, to walk away; when I knew what I could […]
Life Lifting Lessons Learned from Shotokan
December 3, 2011Some of you know that I have practiced Shotokan for many years. In many respects, this is a private art and I choose to keep it that way. Still, there are many truths that I learn from this that can benefit others. So, I have decided to write a series of BEAMS (posts) to share some of these thoughts. Recently, I shared some of these general concepts in free flowing Twitter tweets. These thoughts are below. You may look forward to reading about these and other […]
G.U.T.S. (16) – Grow Up To Simplify.
November 13, 2011G.U.T.S. (16) Grow Up To Simplify – When we are very young; ambitions cause us to want more & more, which can be good. But as we mature, we learn what really pays to do with our days. Then, life should be more, than striving for more. Letting go of things becomes as important, as acquiring . more. We […]
