Decide to be happy, knowing it is an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff. 

The holidays are here. With all

Last month, I introduced the concept of the observe-orient-decide-act loop, or OODA loop, developed by military strategist John Boyd. It is a concise model of conflict that has guided war planners and fighters of this country since his 1986 presentation.

Boyd's feeling was that the orientation phase was the most crucial to the outcome of any conflict, as it determines the posture one

This month we have a special article written by Brown Belt student, Pam Tao.

 

"Okay! One person in the center of the circle, standing with your eyes closed! Everyone else will put on all Level 1 and 2 attacks on this person! And I want overlapping attacks! No stopping! No breaks!"

So you stand there with your eyes closed, surrounded by a dozen of your

Fear can be your best friend or your worst enemy depending on the way you choose to use it.

Anyone that says they are not afraid of anything is either a fool or a liar. How you deal with fear is the important thing. The normal first response to fear is either to run as fast as you can

Military strategy is rich ground to till for concepts related to self-defense. Much time and energy is spent in military organizations defining the nature of conflicts and devising means to overcome them according to their objectives. Many different models have arisen from these efforts over the centuries. As individuals, we can adapt some of these models to help us deal with conflicts that arise

In case you haven't noticed on our events calendar, our annual Women's Self-Defense seminar is coming up again. It is extremely helpful to those women who are nervous about city life, or believe that there is no way to defend themselves or stay safe. If you or someone you know wants to learn to keep themselves safe, please check out this informative class.

Open to all levels

Feel like you are working out tons and not losing the weight you want? Feel like a bottomless pit of hunger and can't get enough to eat?

Join fitness instructor Kat for a seminar on nutrition!  Learn how and what to eat for peak performance.  Find out how to decrease body fat, while simultaneously building lean muscle mass.

Topics covered:

• Strategies

Those of you who've been missing my Chinese Boxing class, have no fear. I am expecting to return to teaching October 1st after fully recovering from knee surgery. I will be returning to my regular teaching schedule of Mondays levels 2 and 1 (6pm and 7pm), and Thursdays level 3 and Chinese Boxing (7pm and 8pm respectively).

We have a new grappling instructor here at KMSF. James is no longer teaching here and our wonderful Zee has already found someone to take over his classes on Thursday and Sunday. Our new instructor is Lana Stefanac. She will start teaching classes on Sunday, September 8th. Lana comes to us from Cleveland, Ohio and has a professional MMA record of 4 wins and no losses. She fought over Labor Day weekend