“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” ― Gregory S. Williams At times like th...

"To educate a person in mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society." -Thedore Roosevelt US President Brown Belt There are lots of words of wisd...

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.” ​ -Joseph Campbell Recently, one of our Sempai's was asked by her teacher what the ga...

"Law and order, commerce and profit, craft and art, poetry, wisdom and science. All are rooted in the primeval soil of Play." -Johan Huizinga Those are some ...

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." -Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. It's always a tough exercise, picking just on...

​​"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is som...

"Today I will look for the good in everyone and everything I see. And I will find it. And as I find the good in the world, the world will find the good in me...

Is there anything in the world that is at once as noble and as endangered as New Year's resolutions? Various polls and studies show that only 10 to 25 perce...

“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” Douglas Wood So, how exactly does one get up before t...

"It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.... That's how winning is done!” -Rocky Balboa You probably wou...

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.” Leo Buscaglia There is perhaps no human quality more sought-after, and yet less ...

"Real living is living for others." – Bruce Lee We recently went to the movies to see “Once Upon a Time…. In Hollywood”, Quentin Tarantino’s “love letter to ...

“Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.” ― David McCullough Jr. When I was born in the Fall of 1970, the Apollo 11 mis...

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." -Jim Ryun Life gives us a lot to think about. Every day, in ways big and small, ther...

“On this day, take time to remember those who have fallen. But on every day after, do more; put the freedoms they died for to greater and nobler uses.” –Rich...

“Every victorious warrior draws his strength from the highest source: his love.” ― Tapan Ghosh Take that sentence, turn the pronouns from masculine to fe...

One important key to success is confidence. One important key to confidence is preparation. -Arthur Ashe For the past two months now, eighteen of our warrior...

“The dilemma of evil is that even as it carries out its dark sinister work, it always ends up strengthening Good and evoking even more strongly the very L...

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford You’ll notice a lot of violent battles being waged in our Dojo these days. The comba...

"Speak Softly..." -Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Police Commissioner Naval Secretary Outdoorsman President 3rd Degree Brown Belt There is, of course, mor...