A Sustainable Karate-ka: A Small Book About a Long Journey
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Description
From a prematurely early age, I have been concerned with the longevity of my karate journey. Before I was anywhere near my prime. I was already predicting my decline and busied myself with ideas of how to counteract my natural tendencies to be lazy, fat and aging.Now, as I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am somewhat justified in my anxiety over general decline. Therefore, I have written a short book about the long journey I embarked upon all those years ago. This book is about me, no one else. However, I do hope that the lessons I have learnt as I meandered through life speak to you a little.This book isn’t about making big gestures or disclosing huge revelations. It doesn’t contain secrets or answers to mysteries and enigmas. It doesn’t even share salacious gossip about well-known karate-ka (I am sorry to say.) What it does contain is how I have approached the difficult question ofhow do we keep on keeping on?So, I do hope you enjoy how I have tried to become a Sustainable Karate-ka.Read more
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Episodes (16)
Introduction
One Don’t get fat, inflexible, or unfit
Two Respect coaches; just don’t let them lead
Three Grade within the margin
Four You are never in a position of power, only responsibility
Five Zero-sum game thinking
Six Enforced austerity
Seven Karate adventures
Eight Don’t be myopic
Nine Karate isn’t a thing; a karate-ka is