Be your own karate author. It is not about writing a martial arts book. This is about the authoring of your life. Taking control of your life, not your world, but focusing on your life.

Be Your Own Karate Author With Simple Commands

Using simple commands, you can make a difference in your world. We have touched on, If this then that, (IFTTT) in the past. Simple commands. Simple commands are the best commands. The Claymore, not the sword, but the ball-bearing loaded explosive mine has a simple command on it, “Front Toward Enemy.” Getting that wrong and the incorrect people are wounded or killed.

Martial Arts has simple commands, and it is also a beggar. Martial arts ask for you to invest in it and it gives you nothing tangible in return. Oh, sure a belt, some paper certificates but it is not a house or a boat.

Traditional Environment in Which to Learn

The martial arts have a framework of simple commands for success. Paying attention, be diligent, working on what you are taught are the keys. There may be more or different expressions but these three go a long way. These three are going the distance in applying oneself to the course that is set before you.

This is a selection of a container. A traditional environment in which to learn, that is a vessel that gets filled with techniques and behaviors. This is the beginning of, be your own karate author.

Being Your Own Karate Author and the Beggar — Beggars have nothing to give

Another way to look at this situation is like that of a poker game. Martial arts, karate is only g...