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For most people involved in the Martial Arts, it becomes an active and healthy lifestyle, and a powerful personal self-development program. Many of us like to train hard year round, and push ourselves to higher levels of skill, conditioning and achievement, in and out of the Dojang. It’s part of being a successful achiever. We will all have times that we are at a peak, mentally, physically and emotionally, especially after we achieve a big goal, like a rank promotion. Or, when we are just feeling really great and making strong gains in our progress. Everyone would like to be able to be at this peak level all the time.

However, for most people, there will be some occasional bumps in the road, challenges and obstacles that knock us off track. There may even be times that it even feels like you are sliding backwards. These are known as the Peaks, Valleys & Plateaus of training cycles. Injuries, distractions or other setbacks may occur that will create temporary stalls in your in progress. The sooner you understand this process, the faster you will get back into a positive, progressive direction, mentally, physically and emotionally. Plateaus can also be used as a short term, temporary resting spot. It may be a maintenance training period or even a planned and well deserved recharge.

Peaks -> Valleys -> Plateaus are natural processes that everyone experiences. The goal is to create as many peak cycle periods as possible and plan out your rest and maintenance periods. Good habits, a positive mindset and proper planning will allow you to minimize the setbacks that can cause the valleys of despair and discouragement.
Maximize the Peaks – Minimize the Valleys!

Cambridge Tang Soo Do held its winter testing cycle last week. Congratulations to the following students for achieving their new rank:

Adults:

A warm welcome to the following new students:

On October 16, 2011, 20 students from Cambridge Tang Soo Do attended the 6th annual New England Regional Championships in Dover, NH. We would like to thank Mr. & Mrs. Hebert for hosting the event at their Dojang and congratulate our new champions.

A special congratulations goes out to Mr. Oleg Khodko and Mrs. Noelle Drewicz for becoming this year’s grand champion in the male and female division.

Why not make excellence your habit? Wouldn’t it be great to lead a life filled with excellence?

It’s been said mediocrity is the enemy of excellence. Chose between mediocrity or excellence. Either one can become habit for life. If you accept mediocrity in your own performance and the people you influence, that’s the start of developing the habit of mediocrity and you’ll be destined to accept a mediocre life.

However, if you expect excellence from yourself, in your performance and results, you’ll be laying the foundation for an excellent life. Expect the best from yourself and those you influence that is what you’ll get. As I have always said, in life you get what you expect and what you accept.

Whichever you choose, it will be the start of a habit because anything that you do repeatedly, over and over again, is bound to be become habit. Visualize a life of excellent health, wealth and happiness.

Excellent health would give you greater energy to train and do the things you want to do each day, and allow you to accomplish more each year. Looking and feeling fit, toned and flexible, with energy to burn. Excellence in wealth would free you from financial worry and concern. Allowing you more choices and opportunities to learn, grow, achieve and have more fun in life. Excellence in happiness would mean that you are happy with who you are, what you are, where you are going, and the relationships and people you are surrounded by every day. You’d be smiling, singing, whistling, humming and/or laughing more than 95% of the people on the planet. This is what happens when you develop habits of excellence. You can start by displaying an attitude of gratitude which is a cousin of the attitude of excellence. Give polite greetings and do your best at everything you do. Practice having an excellent smile and share it with as many people as you can. Strive for excellent results in everything you do. Go the extra mile
to create a better outcome in every area of your life and those of others.