Zen Do Kai - Martial Arts

What a amazing weekend. Congrats to all of the blacks that graded and to Tam on achieving her Black.

What I took away from the weekend…

Everyone that graded has spent years of their life chipping away to get to where they are now. They have put many things on hold or even walked away from things to get there. How important is it to you?

In life and not just your training, there will always be things that are there for nothing more then to test you and what you truly stand for.

How much does something mean to you? Are you going to take the easy option or are you going to stand and fight?

In every area of life; your relationships, work, training and even your dreams and goals. There are temptations to find the easy way, the quick fix, that craving for now.

Don’t EVER let these “test” stop you from achieving the things you chase, the things you hold important to you. Fight hard and to the best of your ability be true to you. End of the day you must take care of you.

Our gradings are only a couple of weeks away. Make the best if the time you have available to you and do the best grading you can.

But, no matter what you do or what challenges you. Stand Strong.

In the words of a good friend, Just back your self.

Another roadtrip this weekend, this time to SMAC in Somerville for the BJJ for Zen Do Kai seminar. Fantastic seminar delivered by Hanshi Matt together with Hanshi John Mee to a large number of instructors from BJMA clubs around Victoria.
Great to catch up with everyone and have fun with some new skills.😊👊

Richard Norton.

Second dan grading. Exhaiusted buty elated. Billy and Paddy Holt. Billy aged 22.( A lot more hair then)

Martial Arts creates more than just fit people...It creates fit friendships too.

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Kru Tum is coming to BMMA 19th of July!

Martial Arts is something that gives you so many different rewards.

One of these I have said over and over again is that ability to strike up friendships with people that otherwise you would have never met.

It was great to have Renshi Andrew from Soke Billy Manne’s club in Frankston, Victoria come and play with us yesterday.

Prior to the class we spent over an hour running through Forms, sharing ideas, and working on some concepts.

I will never fully get used to people already with a wealth of experience and skill, coming to me, and wanting to hear how we do things, and share their time with our people.

But that’s what Martial Arts is all about.

Focus on making people better, and they will become great Martial Artists.

So be a good person, and you will become a great Martial Artist, and then you will also have good people like Andrew, want to share time with you.

It’s that simple.

People first.
Athletes second.

Can’t wait to see you back at our place again mate.

🙏🥋🙏🥋

Thought.

From an 11 year old this morning. Props to her for mentioning it.

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

- Paulo Coelho

So very simple.

If you really want to use the time you have here to the best it can be, focus on being the best you can be, and someone others are proud of and want to be like.

As opposed, to having an outlook that has some on thing to say and opinion of every one else’s actions.

Because actions speak louder than words.

Photo:

Just a photo of an action, that speaks louder than words, and a chance to live a life by example.

Perception……. Positivity.

🙏👌

Thought. I like this.

"When you’re trying to inspire a group of people, it’s easy to have values or write slogans on the wall, but if those things don’t come to life, then they don’t mean anything,”

- Steve Kerr, Coach, Golden State Warriors.

Back yourself. Do what you say, take your own advice, make those slogans be a mirror image of you.

It’s so hard, but if you do that, then others will follow.

Photo.

Three people I am incredibly proud of… But for them, they now will find out the hard work is only just beginning.

Now they become mentors, and you can do this well, or not well at all.

I think they will do the first.

👌👌👌

Hey everyone! Doug Kenney here along with Andy McPhee. Me and Andy would like to invite you to check out Richard Norton's story on R&U. In Richard's journey, he became a world-famous martial artist, fighting amongst the likes of Jackie Chan, and became the personal bodyguard for The Rolling Stones and David Bowie. R&U was conceived by Andy through the inspiration of me and how I transformed through Andy's mentorship. And now, we are sharing other people who are relentless and unstoppable in their lives.

https://youtu.be/XHyA-zuuxjE