What Should You Learn First in Self-Defense: Restraint or Power? People come to me because they want to stop feeling powerless. Most of them do not use that word. They say they want confidence, or safety, or awareness, or the ability to protect someone they love. Underneath all of it
Why Train When Most People Don’t? My son recently asked me why he has to learn martial arts when most people don’t. It’s a reasonable question. Children watch what other people do and treat it as evidence. When most people avoid something, a child assumes there’s a good reason for
Why Advanced Martial Artists Need to Train With Beginners Advanced students have valid concerns about training with beginners. A beginner does not yet understand the ethics of the gym or the ethics of the art. He may not understand control. He may not understand distance. He may use too little
A child comes home from school quieter than usual. After a little patience, you find out another student has been teasing them, pushing them, excluding them, or making them nervous every day. You speak to the school. You support your child. You handle the immediate problem as best you can.
“Good Enough” Isn’t The Goal in Krav Maga Training Could you imagine a commander in the military saying, “It’s good enough. No need to fix it unless it’s completely broken”? I never heard that in my service. In serious training, the small mistake is corrected before pressure turns it into
Self-Defense Law in NYC: When Force Is Legal and When It Can Cost You Self-defense law in New York City is often misunderstood because people talk about it emotionally. Some people think the law gives you no right to protect yourself. Others think fear gives you permission to do almost
How Do You Find Your Personal Purpose? I don’t think a person finds his purpose in one dramatic moment. Most of the time, purpose takes shape slowly. It comes through life, pain, responsibility, practice, failure, and the moment a person begins to understand that something he carries can help someone
Self-Control Is the Skill That Keeps Self-Defense From Becoming Violence A serious self-defense school has to teach people how to fight with control. The ability to strike, move through contact, and keep working under pressure matters because real violence can escalate faster than most people expect. A person with no
The Most Honorable Title I Have Been Given Father’s Day arrives every year with the same gentle, slightly commercial warmth. Cards, a meal, a gift that gestures at a hobby. I have never objected to any of it, but I have come to suspect we are not entirely sure what
Everyone Loves Victory. Few People Respect the Journey I have been living in New York City for over sixteen years. When I moved here from a small village in Israel, the NBA felt like a different world. One of the first things I wanted to do was go to Madison
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