“Aim first with your hip where you like to kick or strike.”
“Focus is the clarity of how you see and attend the task ahead of you.”
“Know your limit and wisely extend it a little bit more every day.”
“Each breath we take, from the first to the last, is the very measure of our days. We continuously engage in an exchange with the air around us." (read more >>)
“When the student changes the belt, his/her teacher also does as well.”
“What is abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing? What does it feel like and how is it obtained?” (read more >>)
“After the period of seiza at the beginning of a typical class or individual workout, the martial artist will do a series of exercises as a warm-up.” (read more >>)
“Prana is the Sanskrit word for the energy given off by the movement and flow of things in our universe, and is often associated with water and earth that is vibrant and alive.” (read more >>)
“Yes, your body posture was upright and correct until you started looking at your feet. Just feel them and keep your head up!”
“Intention, purpose and focus will translate your commitment and awareness into a certain realization of your will.”
“Respect, courtesy and gratitude... the golden triangle!”
“When training with legs, control them, do not let the legs ‘control’ you!”
“A clinched tensed fist may open some doors but a friendly open hand will open many more.”
“Motivation is temporal and needs to be fed constantly, inspiration is forever and can feed others as well.”
“As a daily mindfulness exercise imagine yourself 'kicking' while you are walking, each step in your mind is a kick, then a double kick. Progress with your imagination so that each step is the base to shift your body weight and kick with the other leg in different directions. Beyond that include in the process pivoting and turning. This will pave a better path from your mind to your body, more dynamically, than when you are imagining kicking in a static stance.”
“It is totally up to you if you choose to isolate yourself for years to ‘elevate’ your spirit. I prefer the magnificence at the ground level and spending my time among other mere mortals. It is funny how some people manage to present their selfishness elegantly surrounded with incenses and mantras.”
April 2012 - "New online issue of "The Silk Thread of Gorindo"... for students of Gorindo or all those interested in the serious study of Martial Art, the new issue of the Silk Thread offers articles on Learning Techniques, Gorindo Kata Geometrica and more... Enjoy it!" >>
“What? Are you serious when you tell me that you don’t have enough space to practice kata? Then practice physically in short segments or combinations, mentally do it as a whole and spiritually live it as if you where in the most spacious and harmonic natural place that you always wanted to be.”
“There is a Kiai for each one of the seasons.”
May 2012 - "New online issue of "The Silk Thread of Gorindo"... for students of Gorindo or all those interested in the serious study of Martial Art, the new issue of the Silk Thread offers articles on Learning Techniques, Kihon and more... Enjoy it!" >>
“Build all your techniques from the bottom up.”
June 2012 - "New online issue of "The Silk Thread of Gorindo"... for students of Gorindo or all those interested in the serious study of Martial Art, the new issue of the Silk Thread offers articles on Learning Techniques, Kihon and more... Enjoy it!" >>
“What you may think is a straight line technique is really a combination of body segments moving circularly to draw a resultant straight trajectory.”
July 2012 - "New online issue of "The Silk Thread of Gorindo"... for students of Gorindo or all those interested in the serious study of Martial Art, the new issue of the Silk Thread offers articles on Learning Techniques, Kihon and more... Enjoy it!" >>
“Kiito Shodan Kata in Hawaii by Marco!”
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