When we start our Black Belt Journey, many students & parents don’t realize the scope of what they enter into. Many don’t realize just how amazing the ATA really is and how large this organization is that we have become enveloped in. It is sometimes hard to grasp the idea that there is so much…
When I was a child, martial arts dominated our TV screens with movies like the Karate Kid and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and we all couldn’t wait to practice our media-learned moves on our brothers and sisters. Now, after many kung fu movies, prevalent bullying problems in our school systems, and a generation of children…
If you’ve been around and weren’t born yesterday, you may be familiar with the popularity explosion of obstacle races taking place in our culture. They’re here, and they’re happening just about every weekend all around Arizona. You can find them simplified in the form of 5k’s with eclectic themes like glow-in-the dark races, runs rewarded…
