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, 2013Bubble Up With Life
March 9, 2013Dear Life Readers; I am sorry. I am very behind with BEAMS. I like to continuously serve up fresh doses of inspiration and meaning for my readers. But wow has life been busy. But I have not forgotten you and this labor of love, to write messages that lift and elevate your lives. […]
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 […]
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 […]
G.U.T.S. (23) Generate Unstoppable Terrific Starts
March 10, 2012GUTS #23 is about Starting More specifically it is about New Starts & Restarts… And its really fitting that it starts with 23. Twenty three is the age most people have graduated from college and are starting a new life. But then again, that’s the whole point of this BEAM. I want […]
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. […]
Noah Rossi – A young man with GUTS
January 5, 2012Too good not to share!!! FROM: THEHUGGINGHOME http://www.thehugginghome.com/2012/01/special-guest-post-hockey-home.html#links THURSDAY, JANUARY 05, 2012 Special Guest Post: The Hockey Home Hello readers! Today I would like to introduce a very special guest blogger. EXTRA SPECIAL!!! His name is Noah Rossi. He is almost 8 years old and he is my son. He is very proud that he […]
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 […]
Go Get Um!
November 22, 2011Tough, Tenacious, Tackler. This doesn’t only relate to football. To win at life, when you get knocked down; you have to brush yourself off, get back up and go after it again. Everybody liked “Rocky,” because down inside we want to be one. Be the man or woman of valor! The only way you really […]
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 […]
