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The holiday season is upon us. Well, if you count when stores started putting out Christmas decorations, it has been upon us for months. However, now that it is December and Thanksgiving is past, I think we can officially say it is the Holiday Season. I know my little girl is excited about decorating our tree, and we have to get it up pretty soon because she keeps reminding me that it is after Thanksgiving....
Once you define what success is to you, go for it. Why wait? The only time you have is now, so make up your mind to achieve success and do it now. There are many steps to success, and depending on your definition of success and what you want to succeed in, there may be many, many more. However, these seven steps to success are universal and if you incorporate these ideas and steps into your daily life,...
I've always been associated with Veterans. My grandfather landed on two beaches in WWII. He brought home two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star from that war. My father spent twenty-two years in the Air Force, with two tours in Vietnam. My father's current wife spent four years in the U.S. Navy. I spent four years in the Army with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea....
Tucson police: Evidence at UA-area double-shooting consistent with self defense By Alexis HuicocheaArizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.16.2008 Evidence in the fatal shooting of two home invaders by a University of Arizona student appears to be consistent with his story that he was defending himself, police said. The 23-year-old student shot and killed Shontel R. Early, 30, and Wesley...
If you have read other reviews I've written about Mark Hatmaker, you know that I like him and the way he instructs. He has put out quite a number of dvds with Paladin Press and I have found them to be extremely instructional. That is a very high compliment, because many DVDs out there don't really instruct, they demonstrate only. When I make DVDs, I always make sure that I am teaching in them, and...
It is with great sadness that I note the passing of one of the true legends and pioneers of the professional speaking world in America. Charlie "Tremendous" Jones passed away on October 16th. He was always fun to listen to, and presented powerful messages. He was a strong advocate of reading. One of my favorite quotes of his was, "You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for...
The December 2008 issue of Black Belt Magazine features Kelly McCann as the Self-Defense Instructor of the Year. I personally think Kelly McCann is one of the best instructors out there, and his book and DVDs are excellent. It looks like he is going to have a new book out through Black Belt Publications next year on Combatives. It should be good. If you would like to see Kelly in action, check out...
Improvised weapons are not objects as much as they are your mindset. Almost anything can be a weapon. I remember reading a case in my criminology class during law school where a pair of panty hose was determined to be a deadly weapon because they were used to strangle a woman. It is not the objects I want to discuss here, but rather the mindset of improvised weapons. If anything can be a weapon, or...
We hear it all the time, "You must prioritize." Or maybe it is, "Set your priorities for the day." How about, "Do your top priorities first." Well, what do you do when everything is a top priority? Stop, take a deep breath, calm down and remember, not everything has the same importance. That's reality. I hear some people saying right now, "No, reality is EVERYTHING is a top priority!" Not really. Everything...
I spent Saturday afternoon in the gym training with my training partner like we do most weekends. We worked on a variety of hapkido and self-defense techniques emphasizing on weapon disarms. In the last few months we have increased our weapon defense work. It was not until Sunday morning that I saw there was yet another knife attack here in Missoula, MT. Missoula is not that big of a place, and compared...
When you find someone with over thirty years of martial art training and law enforcement experience who can actually TEACH, you should run, walk, crawl to learn from him. Loren Christensen is such an individual, and if you cannot learn from him first hand, his new video set "Restraint and Control Strategies: State-of-the-Art Defensive Tactics for Law Enforcement and Security Professionals," is the...
Yesterday a friend shared the news that a relative of his just died of a heart attack, and he was himself a heart surgeon, taking up that career because of his father's death by heart attack. The thing that hit home, yet again, was he was only 41. I'm 41! I say yet again because my wife's brother-in-law died a couple years ago, and he was in his early 40s as well. In the last few years, there have...
The seventh book of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series has a purple cover and focuses on the hook kick. I mention the purple cover because each of the books in this series has a different colored cover along with the photograph of author Shawn Kovacich illustrating the themed kick by smashing the first letter. Some people have criticized the covers because it is a bit harder to read with the first...
"Ready, Set, Organize! A Workbook for the Organizationally Challenged" by Pipi Campbell Peterson with Mary Campbell is just what it claims to be, a book of useful, entertaining, and quick advice for work and home. If you are unorganized, you don't want to read a huge length text on what you need to do. After all, time is something you are most likely short of, that is part of the problem! One thing...
"Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success" by Brian Tracy is one of his numerous titles full of practical advice on succeeding in not only your career, but life. I enjoy Tracy's works due to the solid practical advice he imparts through his products. However, sometimes his books can be a bit dry compared to some of the other books on the same topics. Nonetheless,...
