Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Home of the Brave

A Christmas story,
Garbage men have saved more lives than every policeman and paramedic combined, ever.
So did the designers of the sewer systems in major citys.
 
  Good deeds. Heroically good deeds. And done every day.
  People who are nice everyday,
 make the world better everyday.
  Not just on Christmas.
 
-Rory Miller-
 
There are many unsung heroes in our communities.
Volunteers at animal shelters to those serving meals to the elderly,
single parents and our underpaid educators.
 These people pass under the radar and are unrecognised for there efforts.


 
The theft of your passion....

Mainstream media and politicians misdirect your attention and cause a 'split focus'.


 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
 wants the government to regulate the purchase/possession of firearms.
 The League urged, "Do this to keep guns out of the hands of violent bigots."
They also claim to be deeply concerned about the possession and use of firearms by children.

Home of the brave ?

Our government promotes a justice system based on reform and reeducation.
How about educating children on the proper use of firearms,
firearms safety & unarmed self defense.

What if Vicky Soto had been armed or trained ?

 "Assault" rifles are used least in murders but are demonized by politicians.
 Clearly,
 the Government fears militarily effective weapons in the hands of the it's people.

Whats next.....?
Perhaps I should register my hands !!!


 
'Uncrowned Champion'
 One such boxer was tough enough to be nicknamed ” Bad “.
He was Bennie Briscoe from Philadelphia.
  He was the most feared middleweight of his era.
 If you were bad there, you were bad everywhere.

Briscoe turned pro in 1962 and would win his first fifteen contests.
Bennie was among the middleweight elite.
In 1970 Bennie began to make his march to the world’s middleweight title.

He won eleven straight fights.1973.
 
In 1973 Briscoe would then go undefeated in his next thirteen bouts.
 He won nine and drew in four.
 By 1977 any middleweight who dreamed of becoming champion
had to meet Bennie.

His legacy, 

 96 fights against many of the toughest welterweights and middleweights of his day.
 He won 66 fights and an amazing 53 of those by knockout.
 He was stopped only once in his career.
His record reads like a who’s who of boxing in that era.
If ever an uncrowned "champion" fighter deserved the Hall Of Fame,

 it's Bennie Briscoe.
 

Let’s honor all of our unsung heroes past and present.
When you live on a round planet, there’s no choosing sides
 Lives have been changed forever because of their courage,
tolerance, and perseverance.
 They deserve it.

-Robb Buckland-

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: You Talk to Much

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: You Talk to Much: Have you begun a conversation with someone expecting a dialogue  and discover the partner in this dialogue is engaging in a monologue?...

Monday, December 24, 2012

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: The Anatomy of Courage

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: The Anatomy of Courage: A coach must be able to help a student to believe in oneself.  He must build self-esteem before confidence can surface.    Self-esteem...

The Anatomy of Courage

A coach must be able to help a student to believe in oneself.
 He must build self-esteem before confidence can surface.
 
 Self-esteem gives rise to self-confidence;
 not the other way around.
 A coach must understand this process to develop a student’s
 level of consciousness.
 
 Consciousness is one’s ultimate survival tool in a real altercation,
 not some technique or style of martial arts.
 
 For a fighter,
 the authority of one’s will is their ultimate attribute.
 
-Joe Lewis-
 

Vicky Soto,
A non-trained woman of exceptional courage
gave her life that others may live.
Her selfless act should be a cornerstone on all our lives.
 
So many people with the will and strength to survive being overcome by violence engage in and lose a fight for their lives  because they're out-massed, out-gunned and untrained. 
 
 Try to stop a moving car by getting in front of it instead of turning off the ignition.
Seeing a person as a machine—and then shutting it off—goes against everything we are and love.

It is a failure of our humanity and our society.

All of us wish we could have been at the verge a of disaster with a firearm,
 or at least armed with knowledge and skill and in the right place at the right time.
 
    Practice means that when it matters most it won’t be the first time you’ve done it, but the 101st.
That fantasy of making a difference is made real by preparation.

The worst time to be reminded that you meant to learn CPR,
is when someone is having a heart attack right in front of you.
 
  There is no beast within you waiting to be unleashed as your window of existence begins to close.
  You will only have what you brought with you.
 
Right now.......
You know how to run and you know how to hide. 
 
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This is why I teach and train.
 
 I can’t be with you every moment of every day. 
 But the information, the knowledge can. .

You Talk to Much

Have you begun a conversation with someone expecting a dialogue
 and discover the partner in this dialogue is engaging in a monologue?


What differentiates us from animals is that we can listen to others dreams,
 fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats and they can listen to ours,

    Let every person be quick to hear,
 slow to speak, slow to anger.
-James 1:19-

Good listening skills are important in life and in sales.
Monopolizing a conversation  makes others uncomfortable, even agitated.
 It negatively impacts establishing rapport or a common bond with a prospect.

 behind effective communication is the skill of being a good listener,
even when your partner says something hurtful or that you don't agree with.

Trust your Trainer (Joe Lewis)

 Listen to your trainer and don't allow your ego to dictate your actions.
This all boils down to following directions.
 Trust your trainer, do what he says.
Don't fall into the trap of letting your ego override your strategy.

Listen !!!
Self-esteem gives rise to self-confidence;
not the other way around.
A coach must understand this process to develop a student’s
level of consciousness.
Consciousness is one’s ultimate survival tool in a real altercation,
not some technique or style of martial arts.
For a fighter,
the authority of one’s will is their ultimate attribute.
-Joe Lewis-


Monday, December 17, 2012

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: 'Cooler than Superman'...Dylan Hockley

Fearless Fitness/Martial Arts: 'Cooler than Superman'...Dylan Hockley: A life may last just for a moment,  but memory can make that moment last forever. Twenty first graders were gunned down on Dec. 14 ...

'Cooler than Superman'...Dylan Hockley

A life may last just for a moment,
 but memory can make that moment last forever.
Twenty first graders were gunned down on Dec. 14
 at
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
   Along with the students, the lives of six school staffers,
 including a teacher and a  principal, were lost  in Newtown, Connecticut.

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 'Cooler than Superman'...Dylan Hockley age 6 loved kickboxing..........

It's said.....
Your spirit does not die, it goes to the spirit world.
 You will continue to learn and progress and may be with loved ones who have passed.

Im actually smiling through tears....
 Dylan gets to train with my friend Joe Lewis.
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There is a Mexican saying that we die three deaths:
 the first when our bodies die,
 the second when our bodies are lowered into the earth out of sight,
 and the third when our loved ones forget us.

Team Fearless will not forget
 Dylan Hockley


Jesus said,
 “Let the little children come to me,
 and do not hinder them,
 For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
 
- Matthew 19:14-

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