Sep 17, 2018
Mindfulness
#Mindfulness is, quite simply, the act of giving your full attention to the task at hand or to what's in front of you. Sometimes, we can...
Aug 20, 2018
What is a Black Belt?
No matter how unlikely the success, a true Black Belt will always face the challenge head on. It's because a Black Belt understands that...
Jul 23, 2018
Self-awareness
It's the start of a new week, and the start of a new school term for the kids. Good time to take stock and reconnect with ourselves. We...
Jun 18, 2018
Stillness: be the lighthouse in the storm
In the face of incessant barrages of demands, pushy behaviour, bullying, anger, road rage and all other sources of stress, bring the mind...
May 14, 2018
Knowing when
The techniques we learn in our Northstar Ju Jitsu martial arts system are extremely effective. They have been developed by Sensei Andrew...
Apr 4, 2018
Aim big
Your #success is proportional to your #vision. If you aim to be a green belt, then that's where your peak will be. And if you want to be...
Mar 19, 2018
Being bored (and why it's a good thing)
(Credit to Sensei Andrew Dickinson from Northstar Martial Arts for this week's mat chat.) In any #exercise, whether it is martial arts,...
Mar 5, 2018
Go the extra mile; it's less crowded
For every hit, there are 1,000 misses. Maybe not literally 1,000; depending on what you're aiming for, it may be far more, or it may be...
Feb 12, 2018
Awareness of others
This week: AWARENESS OF OTHERS The times that we live in are pushing us to be increasingly selfish. We are assaulted by pressure to meet...
Jan 23, 2018
Stand up for what you believe in
So there it is! We've made it into 2018. Is this going to be the year you grab the bull by the horns and start a course you've been dying...
