Quitter’s Day: When New Year’s Resolutions Dissolve
January 17 Is Quitter’s Day.Here’s Why Most People Disappear and How You Don’t. January starts with confidence and high hopes. People believe life will be better this year. They talk differently. They walk into gyms with the intention to be better and stronger. They sign up, take a selfie, and post about it, and tell […]
From Charts to Algorithms: How Perception Gets Manipulated
Why Critical Thinking Is the Most Important Self-Defense Skill Today Critical thinking is no longer optional. It is a life skill. In a world shaped by algorithms, automation, and mass messaging, the ability to think clearly determines whether a person acts with agency or drifts with momentum. What rises to the top of our attention […]
Biggest Self-Defense Myths Movies Created That Get People Hurt
Real Self-Defense Vs Hollywood Violence: A Reality Check Movies didn’t just exaggerate self-defense. They shaped how people believe violence works. That belief leaks into how people train, how they carry themselves, and how they react under stress. The problem is not entertainment. The problem is confusing fiction with preparation. Below are the most dangerous myths […]
Why Do People Resist Change?
Why Do People Resist a Positive Change? The phenomenon of people praying for a positive change in their lives, but when the chance finally presents itself, they refuse it – interests me on a personal level. Why hold keys that can’t open new doors? Why keep looking at the same landscape if you don’t […]
Building Confidence in Children: A Lesson Every Parent Needs to Learn
Confidence isn’t about shielding children from difficulties; it’s about equipping them to face challenges head-on. Small, intentional actions—acknowledging effort, choosing encouraging words, and celebrating small wins—can build the foundation for lifelong resilience.
Self-Defense Myths That Put People in Danger
Dangerous Self-Defense Myths That Need to Be Broken What I See Every Week on the Training Floor Every week, people walk into our school carrying ideas about self-defense that could put them in danger. These are not just bad habits. They are deeply rooted misconceptions that get repeated so often they start to sound like […]
Bondi Beach Attack During Hanukkah
Bondi Beach Hanukkah Attack: Antisemitism, Survival, and the Obligation to Act During a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach, celebrating Hanukkah, Jews were murdered because of who they are. It was not random. It was not incidental. There were multiple attackers, not a lone individual acting in isolation. To be precise, the attackers were a […]
Time Will Not Make You Stronger. Training Will
You Are Running Out of “Later.” In the future, we all plan on being better. We tell ourselves that soon we’ll train, eat cleaner, save money, learn the skill we’ve been avoiding, and finally show up as the person we imagine. We build entire identities around future intentions. We promise that one day we’ll get […]
Fragility Is Celebrated: So Let’s Redefine Heroism
How a Culture That Fears Discomfort Lost Its Heroes This morning, I overheard a young woman in her twenties say to her friend, “You are such a hero.” I turned to see what she was talking about. Her friend had spoken up during a group project meeting and disagreed with her classmates. Calmly. Confidently. Nothing […]
What’s worse -a violent criminal or a poisonous philosopher?
Not every threat comes with a weapon. Some come with WiFi and good intentions. The first instinct is to say the criminal. He poses an immediate threat. He breaks bones. He ends lives. He brings fear into your body. But fear is not always the enemy. Sometimes fear wakes you up. Sometimes it saves your […]
