The Project: 100 ACTS OF KINDNESS Outline: Jane isna 10-year-old white belt. Her project is to get 10 of her friends and/or classmates at school to do 10 acts of kindness each; recording each act in log that she supplies them. Ten students doing 10 acts of kindness each, equals 100 acts of kindness! Jane and her mother will design …
Sacramento Karate Kid ‘Kick-Starts’ Operation Backpack
Jack, a Sacramento 3rd Grader, organizes “Operation Backpack” at ZennMartial Arts in order to earn his next belt rank. At Zen Martial Artsnstudents are required to choose a Community Leadership Project thatndemonstrates compassion. Jack chose to collect Backpacks for homelessnchildren in the Sacramento area. This is the news coverage from KCRA.
Karate Kids Practice Compassion
Compassion must be practiced. You see, our school is about much morenthan kicking and punching. Kindness is self-defense. Helping others isnself-defense. This video shows just one of the many ways that ournKarate Kids PRACTICE compassion everyday.
Compassion is Everywhere
Today I realized how compassion truly is everywhere. Sabrina and I are visiting her family in Germany. We are in a small rural town, similar to Nevada City or Grass Valley in both size and location. Her family is not well off. They live simply, eat well, work hard, and love life. They also are a model of compassion. Her …
Your Help is Needed with “Operation Backpack”
The Sacramento-area community was more than generous last year – Operation Backpack 2009 exceeded its goal and collected more than 3,000 backpacks. That more than doubled 2008’s figure and demonstrates that even in tough economic times, children in need command attention. Latest statistics show that more than 5,000 Sacramento County school children are “homeless,” with some 40,000 living in poverty. Through Operation Backpack, …
Aaron’s 10 Acts of Kindness
10 Acts of Kindness Help my dad move his office Helping make dinner, and set the table Helping my sister drop off lunches at the mustard seed school Respecting people in the dojo and outside of it Doing the dishes Helping my friends when they need help with homework Help the environment by recycling Helping set up for Holiday Parties …
Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
Master Gichin Funakoshi wrote Karate-Do: My Way of Life. His book is required reading for adult yellow belts, and rightly so as Master Funakoshi records his time in history. The narrative details how karate impacted him personally from a young age, how he brought karate-do to Japan from Okinawa, and his experiences along the way. To me, the most poignant …
Becoming a martial artists… by accident
You may or may not know about a program called Ride To Walk. The organization is dear to my heart. Located in Lincoln off of Hwy 193, it is a nonprofit organization which enables children, teens and young adults with nuerological disabilities to participate in equine assisted therapy. In easy terms, children with autism, cerebral palsy and deep brain injuries …
Video: Calling a Bully a Bully
Every office has one – loud, rude, egotistical, two-faced, and sometimes even dangerous. Left to their own devices, an office bully can turn your livelihood into a living nightmare. Carrie Clark, co-founder of the California Healthy Workplace Advocates, who promotes anti-bullying policy throughout the country, defines what qualifies as bullying and how to stand up to a growing problem that …
Give Power and Passion to your Goals
Go to any corporate training program, seminar, or meeting and the topic of goal setting and time management is likely to be of primary concern. Goal setting is also a major part of your martial arts training as well. People that don’t set goals are less likely to achieve success in their lives. I can’t tell you how many martial …