8 students were selected to take part in Cambridge Tang Soo Do’s Fall 2008 testing cycle. Congratulations goes out to the following students:
| Daniel Maibor | 1st Gup |
| Jason Green | 4th Gup |
| Anthony Messina | 5th Gup |
| Kevin Palmer | 6th Gup |
| Isabel Kunkle | 7th Gup |
| Mike Vemula | 7th Gup |
| James Kim | 8 th Gup |
| Jeff Haggar | 9th Gup |
| Luke Schlatter | 9th Gup |
| Kaliyah Catwell | 9th Gup |
| Katarina Klacko | 9th Gup |
We would also like to welcome the following new students:
| Jeff Haggar |
| Eric Tollefson |
Many studies on human potential have stated that most of us are performing at only a fraction of our true potential. If this is accurate, it means that we all have tremendous opportunity to tap into our potential and enjoy even greater levels of success and achievement. Champions are always seeking to improve themselves: their skills, abilities and overall level of physical and mental conditioning.
There are many ways we can get better. Athletically, we could set a goal to improve our flexibility, strength and cardiovascular conditioning. How do we accomplish this? The possibilities are endless. Bag work, pad work, partner drills, sparring, roadwork, swimming, elliptical, biking and the list goes on and on. Once you’ve set the goal and have clarity, it is easy to find the ways to make it happen. The key for most people, is to maximize the time you are currently dedicating to each area. In essence, work to get more bang-for-your-buck. You don’t always have to put more time in, but most people could put more into their time. Simply by increasing the focus and the intensity, you will find ways to improve without sacrificing time from other areas. As the old saying goes, “It’s not more time but more intensity.”
Now, there certainly are some people that need to do both. They need to dedicate more time and increase the intensity as well. This is true with their athletic development, mental growth, career and financial growth. By learning to better maximize your training time, you will find that it has a positive and powerful impact on other areas as well. Self improvement has a tendency to spread to all areas of progress, growth and change. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. If you begin to go into a downward spiral in one area, it can have a negative impact on other areas as well.
Here are a couple suggestions for ways you can achieve multiple benefits and better maximize the results you achieve:
- First, seek ways to stack benefits. If you are going for a run, try listening to something inspirational at the same time. Or, in my case, often I train with members of a team which allows you to push each other and strengthens the bonds of mutual respect between you.
- Second, pick up the pace. Increase your intensity. Try a little harder, give a better effort. Really work to give your best, so that you can get the best results. This is advice that can be applied to your training and your professional life as well.
When you start to apply the MAXIMIZE principle, you will instantly begin to see ways you can apply it to every area of life. Have fun and enjoy the results you achieve.
Did you know that our habits determine our future? Experts agree that 90% of our daily behavior is habitual. Meaning that most of what we do everyday is on auto pilot. Habits are formed through repetition, good or bad, anything you do over and over again eventually becomes habit. It has to do with conditioning your sub-conscious mind.
One of the many great things about Martial Arts training is the awareness of this and the constant focus on developing good habits for a better life. The good news for everyone is that you can literally re-program yourself for success in any area of life. To become healthy and fit you develop habits that lead to better health and fitness. To improve personal safety you simply decide to develop habits that lead to greater safety and awareness. If you want to improve your financial life you study and develop habits that lead to wealth and financial freedom.
Your habits determine your quality of life. Negative habits breed negative consequences. If you have negative health habits, sooner or later, you will pay the price. The results of negative habits may not show up immediately but they will appear. People who smoke cigarettes don’t die from their first cigarette but millions of people die every year from this habit. Positive and successful habits create positive rewards. If you want to enjoy a healthy, energetic and long life, you must have healthy habits. Good nutrition, daily exercise and a positive attitude have proven to have an influence on longevity and quality of life.
Improve your habits… and you’ll improve your life! When you surround yourself with people that have a positive and healthy outlook on life it tends to be much more enjoyable. The conversation is much better and the challenges of life seem to be handled in more of a proactive manner.
We would like to congratulate the following Black Belt students for becoming our latest champions during the Atlantic-Pacific Tang Soo Do Federation’s International Championships which took place on Friday July 18, 2008 in Suwanee, GA:
| Mr. Duva | 3rd place in Forms |
| Dr. Meetze | 1st place in Forms & 1st place in Weapons |
| Mr. Paik | 3rd place in Forms & 3rd place in Breaking |
| Mr. Scarpino | 2nd place in Weapons & 3rd place in Sparring |
Congratulations to all of you.