Honesty & Sincerity - Makoto Lying is dishonourable and cowardly. When we say that a task or action will be performed, it’s as good as...

Duty & Loyalty – Chu We are responsible for everything we have done and everything we have said and all the consequences that follow. We...

Martial Arts (Shotokan Karatedo) has been part of my life for more than 25 years now. It’s been a fundamental anchor guiding me through...

Compassion (Jin) Through intense training and hard work, we can shape ourselves to be different and to stand out from the crowd. We can...

Heroic Courage (Yu) Hiding like a turtle in a shell is not living at all. To live our best lives, we must have heroic courage. Take...

Honour (Meiyo) We have only one judge of honour and character and that is ourselves. Decisions we make and how these decisions are...

We have no reason to be cruel, no need to prove our strength. We are courteous even to those that challenge us. We can command respect by...

Are you setting yourself up for an intentional day or reacting to the next bouncing ball? For many of us the notion of a nailing a...

For this article I thought I’d be brave and take on the topic of Discipline. The word Discipline has several meanings and a diverse...

When it comes to health and fitness possibly the last thing any of us consider is our brain. Chasing that elusive six pack, pumping...

I work for a company that is going through significant change. Change for the positive and change that is necessary. When I look around...

This is the time of year for reflecting, making plans and drawing lists of new intentions. A time to say with conviction “I want to make...

Mastery In Kumite “To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete...

16th January 2020 Quality Family Time! An easy statement to make – much harder to achieve in this modern ‘always on’ lifestyle we all...

Hyaku-nen no jinsei-do.Translates from Japanese to ‘the way of one-hundred-year life’. As does the calligraphy above beautifully written...

Five Dock Dojo – Fundraising event 2nd March 2019 Fred Kerry Reserve, Great North Road, Five Dock #newpost #followme #firstcakebake As...

Much has been written about hydration and the importance of water consumption. Actually so much so that it becomes difficult to determine the facts from fiction. One thing that’s commonly agreed upon is that the majority of us are dehydrated most of the time. Really? It’s hard to believe isn’t it? A recent study in Australia found that 80% of us suffer from chronic dehydration, meaning that most of us are walking around with sub-optimal water levels in our body’s. It’s not c

Preface It is my great privilege to share with you the 2017 Aoyama Gasshuku trip report. In my capacity as Dojo Head for TSKF Five Dock,...