Showing posts with label Blackbelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackbelt. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Double Edged Sword

The holiday season for most people is a fun time of the year filled with parties,
celebrations and social gatherings with family and friends.

The First Santa

Odin was the god of wisdom, magick and occult knowledge, runes, poetry and war.
 His name means “the inspired one”.
 Like a shaman he could travel in other worlds to gather more insight.
  Odin was depicted as a tall, old man with a white beard and wearing a cloak.

Odin rode the skies and the seas on his fast white horse Sleipnir with his 8 legs
 (the number of transformation) .
 He carried his never missing spear Gungnir (clear and focused intent) in his hand.

He had only one eye.

He had offered his other eye in exchange for wisdom at the well of the Mimir.
Odin became a shapeshifter, seeing in the outward world with his normal eye,
  understanding the inward worlds with his black, removed eye.

The holiday season has come a long way since then......
 It's just not the same without the festive skulls and entrails decorating the tree.


Christmas can be hard for many reasons.
 Mostly I think its the uncertainty.
 Losing love, not knowing if you can ever find a love like it.
Remember what this season really means.
Having love in your heart for someone
 will change your outlook for the season.
 It's not about the gifts.
 It's about having  love inside
 and sharing it with everyone that comes your way.
 Giving a helping hand
or a kind word to someone in need without expectation.
 Do this,
You'll receive more than you've ever dreamed of.

-Denise Lora Webster Davis-

 The Holiday Spirit

For many people, it is a time filled with sadness, self-evaluation,
loneliness, and anxiety about an uncertain future.

Depression is a lack of feeling.
When you’re depressed you can’t access feelings of self-love.
 Since the love you feel for others is a reflection of the love you feel for yourself,
there's a disconnect.
When you’re depressed you misread situations;
you perceive others as being critical of you.
Because you don’t understand what happens when you’re depressed,
 you listen to everything your depressed mind says,
and it causes havoc on relationships.

This year anxiety and depression can be a double edged sword,
12/21/12 
Not only are we depressed but ...

'The End is Near'

Hopi Prophecy


"The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will begin."
This the elders everywhere know.
The Signs over many years have been fulfilled, and so few are left.

"And this is the Ninth and Last Sign"

 You will hear of a dwelling-place in the heavens,
 above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash.
It will appear as a blue star.
Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people will cease.

Mayan Prophecy

On Christmas Eve 2012,
The sky is divided by the sun and all dry land begins to rise.
The oceans respond to the tectonic shifts and the great flooding of the Earth begins.
New York is washed away by a tsunami ten times greater than the Indian Ocean wave of 2004.
 Chicago returns to its swamp roots from the melting ice from the North Pole .
 The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans collide in Nebraska.


For me the world is ending on 12/21/12........

 The World of Kings and Liars

The 'Kings' are the dictators,
those who would dictate to us what we are and are not capable of.

The 'Liars' are those who misdirect us for the sake of their own agenda.

In this brave new world we are the sculptor and the clay.

 As human beings we all develop emotional patterns.
These are mental or emotional states that tend to filter how we look at our lives.
You can change your emotional mood by a radical change in your physiology.

Tough training is exactly that which keeps me motivated.
Few people are self-motivated;
they need some outside stimulus like the right atmosphere
 or a personal trainer to push them.
Some people are motivated by fear and others by love of something.
Some are motivated by the fear of looking inadequate
 or of being exposed as an imposter.
They lack self-esteem; they fear any emotion that makes them feel on the spot.
So, they go through life or their “workouts” being emotionally blind folded.
They are the ones who quit first—they have become emotionally numb.
Your feelings are the spirit behind your motivation-
don’t leave home without them or pretend you are feeling something you’re not.
 Martial arts are about being in touch with your greatest strength, your spirit.
 You cannot endure tough training without it.
 It is that sub-energy that triggers your will power.
 Without this, anyone’s search in martial arts lacks vision -
they simply wonder around lost,
 unsure of themselves and always looking for answers.
-Joe Lewis-

On 12/21/12 I'll be doing and activity that keeps me focused motivated and inspired.
I'll be at the gym on 12/21/12

Thursday, September 20, 2012

I can see clearly now

People may have certain knowledge,
but remain totally unaware of how to use it.
 
I see this in both martial arts marketing and in fighting.
 
To me it is all about two things, attitude and approach.
If one is off, this can automatically defuse or negate the other.
 
 A great system of marketing or fighting is only as good as the implementation of a proper psychology (with its practice) behind it.
 
-Joe Lewis-

Fitness First

If you look good you'll feel good.
Learn to be proud of your own body.

If you allow the judgement of other people to affect the way you view your own body you will quickly become just like them.

 Take your health and fitness into your own hands,
 be proud of your accomplishment.

You’ve got to be satisfied with your body and building a great physique has to be a positive and motivating experience.
You only get one body and the effect it can have on your life is too important to leave your satisfaction up to the feedback of others.

Visualize yourself the way you want to look,
or employing a skill your trying to learn.


This really does make all the difference.

 Believe that you can do it.

Visualize a real-life situation where you are using the skill.
  Imagine the sense of accomplishment you’ll feel.
It's a great way to motivate yourself when you feel like giving up.


In fighting violence is rarely the answer,but when it's the only answer physical preparedness is paramount.
 
If you are truly threatened your technique must produce injury.
An injury can be to the sensory system or a structural destruction.

You need to be psychologically prepared to assert the authority of your will with violence of action.


 The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip;

 to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae,
 recipes or other people's opinions.

-Paulo Coelho-

Saturday, September 15, 2012

California Dreaming

 
The effort of the struggle to simply maintain,
and not quit is more meaningful than the victory.
 
You only lose if you fail to learn something.
 If your stamina ain't bendin' ...you're just pretendin'.
 
- Joe Lewis-
 

During  Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace seminars, he would distract us from the screaming pain in our legs by making us sing the song, "California Dreaming".
 
 The song distracted us from the 'negative mental chatter' that occurred during the stretching regimen.......
 
Accepting your fears doesn’t happen overnight.
 It takes time and practice.

When you first address fears,
 your mind will tend to fight you.

This also occurs when you are close to overcoming challenges of any kind.

Fear is more intense when it pertains to the unknown.

    Atheists say that God doesn't exist and that death ends individual existence.
There should be nothing to fear from death,
 since your brain just shuts down.

 Christianity says that death brings judgment to the unrepentant.
 
If you go by the odds,
 either death brings the cessation of existence or some kind of paradise that is open for everybody.
 It is irrational to fear this kind of uncertainty.
 
The only uncertainty that should be feared is whether or not Christianity is true.
Get informed and make a rational decision.



At the Joe Lewis Memorial banquet the most powerful message was given by Joes' lifelong friend
Bill 'Superfoot ' Wallace.
Bill told us of a visit with Joe at the V.A. hospital.

 Joe had spoken very little in the final days and was slumped in a wheel chair as they walked outside.
 
 Bill said to Joe ,
"Joe we're gonna sing 'California Dreaming'....
 com'on Joe your gonna sing with me."
 
Bill started as always.....and Joe Lewis, who as early as Tuesday, Wednesday and now again Thursday had been given only a few hours to live ......... began to sing !! 
He sang the whole song with Bill,
 ( I'm sure Joe was thinking 'Ha got you fucker !')
 
 Joe passed away peacefully two days later with his loving children at his side.

At the memorial banquet Bill Wallace had all of us sing 'California Dreaming'.

This time we didn't sing to forget our pain or to mourn the loss of our friend and mentor,
we sang to celebrate his life.......


Courage is Staying One Step Ahead of Fear




Wednesday, September 12, 2012

"Legends are Forever."

Joe has gone in search of the yellow moon,
 
in search for his relatives, their daughters and their sons,

gone to the land where buffalos graze in clover fields
 without the sound of guns,
 
where the red sun sinks in the mountains filled with gold,
 
peace for this warrior is where the healing waters flow,
 
the time has come to unstring your bow.
 
Rest in Peace
 
-Jim Maloney-
 
 Since August 31st, my daughter Alli has sent me a daily text reminding me that

 'Legends are Forever'

 and that my friend and mentor Joe Lewis would live on through me. This message was echoed at the 'Memorial' and the 'Memorial Workout' that preceded the full military funeral in North Carolina.

Joe Lewis was laid to rest in Knightdale, N.C. last Saturday, ending a journey that took him around the world and back to North Carolina, one punch, one kick, one knockout at a time.

"Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love."

-1 Corinthians 16:13-


A hundred years from now
 it will not matter what degree Black belt I was,
the number of World titles I had won,
or how much money my martial arts school had grossed…

 But that the world may be different because I was important in the life of a student…
 What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.

- Joe Lewis -

Whenever we think of success in Martial Arts, sports, entertainment or sales we tend to think of the stars in the spotlight. However, behind every great athlete is a great coach.

 
What I find to be the hardest thing about doing martial arts is giving up on trying to be the greatest and to simply begin working on just being yourself. Being yourself is what makes one great. The main purpose of being a good Martial Artist is sharing w/others the things you have acquired yourself and to achieve a sense of accomplishment.

 - Joe Lewis -


Joe Lewis taught us that we are worthy of receiving or achieving anything we can imagine.
We are only handcuffed by our willingness to allow success.

Take the brakes off your thinking and your imagination,
believe that everything you can imagine is possible.

 'My Joe Lewis Experience' is like peeling an onion.
 Each day as I peel back another layer,
I will uncover another lesson and probably shed some tears.

I will not let you down Joe Lewis,
 I will

 "Aspire to Inspire "