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April 2010: Which Wolf Will You Feed?
ANNOUNCEMENTS Hanshi Duessel’s most recent seminar was held in Pittsburgh was March 6, 2010. Approximately fifty students attended the seminar from Pittsburgh, Penn State, Ohio, New York, and New Jersey. A special thank you to Mr. Jeff Matusewicz, Mr. Adam Masur, Mr. Joe Marotta, Mr. Tom Ammernann, Miss. Natalie Montone, Mr. Ryan Ammermann, Mr. Lee [...]
Traditional Karate Insights
It is our belief that children and adults need structure in their lives and a strong support system of family, friends and mentors to encourage and enable them. Our goal is to help define this structure in a way that provides our younger students with well-defined guidelines, equipping them morally, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually [...]
February, 2010: THOUGHT, SUCCESS, & REALITY
photo credit: seeveeaar Sterling W. Sill said: “Our future success will be determined by what we presently think. Physically we become what we eat, but mentally, spiritually, socially, and morally, we become what we think. Napoleon Hill wrote a great book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’; we can also think and grow wise. We can [...]
January, 2010: Karate Speed Zones
Karate Speed Zones is a topic mentioned by Hanshi Duessel during his last visit in Hackettstown during our seminars. I had heard him talk about his concept previously on a number of occasions. After he returned to Pittsburgh, I decided to investigate this principle further (there is nothing like an idea who’s time has come). [...]
November, 2009: You Reap What You Sow
The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. “Leave me alone,” [...]
Training in Okinawa
From June 19th – 29th, 10 people from the Isshin-ryu School of Karate went to Okinawa to train with Master Kichiro Shimabuku, learn about Okinawa and spend a few days in Tokyo. We all had a great time. Master Shimabuku was very gracious, welcomed us to his Dojo, and we had the opportunity to train [...]
TOP SECRET – DO NOT SHARE WITH ANYONE – HIDDEN SECRETS FOR SUCCESS!
By John E. Hughes Do you remember playing “hide and seek?” I enjoyed it as a child and I liked playing it with my own children. You know how it works. One player closes his eyes and counts in a loud voice to some designated number. All the other players run and attempt to find [...]
Focus Comes Before Personal Success
By John E. Hughes In January I wrote that I hoped the arrival of the new millennium would be accompanied with a new quality of life more success, freedom, love, and laughter. I was correct to be filled with hope and positive expectations. I made a mistake in assuming there is a correlation between the [...]
The Importance of Perfecting the Basics
By William H. Duessel, Hanshi When I trained with Master Tatsuo Shimabuku during 1964, he stated that more time should be spent on the basics, a little less time on the kata, and the least time on kumite. I think that new students should have a good understanding of the basics (stances, blocks, strikes, kicks, [...]
Isshinryu Training and Motivation to Succeed
By John E. Hughes People have built-in feelings and perceptions regarding Karate training, exercise, and the ability to learn. Most Americans are brought up to want to succeed quickly. Karate is an art that is taught using a number of methods. Some dojos test the student at regular intervals, fees are paid and the student [...]
