I am always amazed by the potential and skills that an individual can attain through diligent training in their craft. I hope this short video inspires you to pick up your training and bring it to new heights!

Bufu Ikkan

It’s Monday again!! Come on now get your ass off your chair and start the week off with a bang. In this short post I would like you to read the following quote

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own–not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.”  -Marcus Aurelius

How many of us wake up on Monday hating that they have to go back to work, school, training or whatever because of the people they have to deal with? Take heart you are not alone and as you can see from the above quote this has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. So go back and read Marcus Aurelius’s quote again and fortify your spirit against those who you have to deal with each day!

Bufu Ikkan

Each day we all wake up equal. Everyone has 24 hours given to them to accomplish their goals in life. That breaks out to 1440 minutes, so what are you doing with those minutes right now? Well I finished training this morning, headed off to work while listening to a fantastic educational audio on Outliers, got into work and have just been chewing through the day, 1 minute at a time, completing tasks and moving on.

So my friends what is the difference between someone whom is successful and someone who isn’t? Whether it is in the gym, on the dojo floor, in business whatever! The difference is those who are successful control their time and live in the moment constantly.

So take charge of your life, by taking charge of your time!

Bufu Ikkan

Month 2 curriculum is almost completed and will be added this week. Thanks for all of the feedback on month 1!!

Train hard it is the way!

Guro Steve

How does one practice or improve self discipline? There is no easy way to do this. It is only through the choices, or decisions you make each and every day, can you enhance your self discipline. Look at the choices that face us every day, the easy and quick stop at MacDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger King, or a healthy well thought out meal that you make at home. How about our own training? There is a T.V. show I really wanted to watch tonight or should I go to class and do 1000 repetitions of drill? Are you pushing yourself to read more, train smarter, improve how you do things, willing to accept others criticisms in order to improve a skill, if you are not, can you honestly tell yourself why? Do we really want to hear the answer?

 How do we start on the path to being better “Self- Disciplined”,

Well start small, look at yourself and honestly evaluate where you are right now and where you want to be in the future (Always sounds easier than it really is),

Choose to do better in some aspect and write down a particular goal (Dealing with said aspect) with a date in which you would like to achieve it.

Consistently act towards improvement towards your goal. Haphazard attempts don’t count. You do, you don’t talk about it or think about it, you just do it! (Don’t procrastinate)

Be realistic, and don’t expect miracles, make them happen for yourself.

Well that is my soap box. So what are you doing right now towards improving your Warrior self discipline?

 Train Hard and with Intensity!

Guro Steve

Great feedback on the new member’s section launch, so THANK YOU for everything! Since there were also a lot of emails coming in I will try to answer here on the blog instead of writing so many one on one replies.

1) I don’t have a paypal account can I still order? Yes, Paypal accepts most major credit cards for processing so no worries.

2) Can I mail a check or money order? No, I do not accept checks or money orders at this time.

3) Will you be adding longer video clips to cover a technique in more depth? Absolutely! It was a tough balance between no making it too long or not supplying the correct amount of information, so I will balance this in the next lesson.

4) How do I schedule my consultation? Just email me your contact information to Airyu@hotmail.com and I will reply with a time slot or answer your emailed questions.

5) Do you have extra sheets to record nutrition, goals, work out logs etc. from the Solo Training Manual? Yes, I will add blank template sheets up in the next lesson or email me and I will send them to you ASAP.

More feedback and answers coming,

Train with Intensity!

Guro Steve

Those of you who receive my newsletter, last night got an update that the new Warrior Member’s Section was going live today (if you didn’t know it from the countdown clock at the top of the page!!) Well it is live and running even after my laptop crashed causing me to have to reload all my video and web software, had an issue with running certain Java scripts and just about any other issue you could imagine, but I PROMISED YOU it would be up and running today and it IS!!

Each month you will have unrestricted access to the following:

Monthly Curriculum Outline- to guide your training

Videos – To explain the curriculum outline techniques, exercises and drills.

Attack Analysis Session – Reviewing what would you do in these circumstances( be warned some of these videos are extremely graphic!

Warrior Conditioning Workouts – Our monthly workout including weights, and a seperate Road Warrior Workout that is Body weight or limited equipment only for our traveling students.

Special Reports, EBooks, and or Audio Downloads!

1 session 1 on 1 workout, and technique review with me personally via email or phone consultation.(this alone is a $50 bonus!)

Each month based upon your feedback and input, I will be focusing on the best method to upgrade each lesson, material, delivery…whatever, because I want to ensure that you are always getting the best content that you can find anywhere!!

This first month contains:

Huge resource for Solo Training (89 pages)

7 new technique videos

1 attack analysis session

1 Combative Concept Curriculum outline

2 Warrior Conditioning Workouts ( One specifically geared to you Road Warriors traveling the country/countries, minimal equipment and maximum benefit)

and of course your 1 on 1 consultation option!

Get ready for some awesome training and cool upgrades to both the Public and Member’s Only section!!

Train Insane!

Guro Steve L.

Warm up

25 Pushups

25 Sit ups

25 Squats

2 Sets

5 Man-Makers

5 Pull ups (Weighted)

5 Turkish get ups

5 Heavy Bag lifts to Shoulder (100lbs)

10 Side crunches

10 Legs up (open)

10 Legs up in L position

The countdown to the new Monthly Members area has begun. Each month a ton of information will be up and ready for you to learn and implement into your training, no matter what style or art you practice!

Each month will include:

Warrior Conditioning Workouts

Training Videos

EBooks, Special Reports, and Audio downloads

Attack Analysis Sessions

and plenty more!!

Get ready and sign up on February 1st!!!

Off to do some training now!

Guro Steve

    (Man I hate when someone walks on me!)

Alright, many of you have been asking me to not only include the various Warrior Workouts out through the newsletter (yes a new one will be out this week) but also to include them from time to time here on the blog. Well you got your wish, this is what I was working on today.         

Morning

5K run (< 24 mins)

Afternoon Session

Warm Up

Static and dynamic stretching series

3 Rounds (each round consist of all exercises completed with no breaks)

20 Jumping Jacks

10 Pushups

25 high knee strikes(in the air, Muay Thai style)

15 sit ups

10 Burpees

20 squats

2 Sets

10 Turkish getups (60% max weight)

10 Macebell swings (L and R sides)

10 Pull ups

5 ring dips