Nutrition & Health

Have you ever seen someone perform the perfect kata, with almost inhuman precision? Technically perfect, but somehow… too perfect? That perfect performance feels like it’s missing something. A human quality. A soulfulness. When it’s too perfect, it seems clinical and robotic, and we crave that grittiness that would otherwise make for an intensely powerful [...]

Time to address this concept of “good” vs “bad” foods. Many of us have talk about food this way. Fruit and veggies, for instance, are commonly seen as “good” foods. And cake or potato chips are seen as “bad” foods. The reality is, some foods do have more nutritional [...]

When I’m feeling stressed and overwhelmed, my health-related habits are the first ones to take a beating. Add some chaos to an already full schedule, and suddenly my sleep habits start to suffer, my eating habits become far less than ideal, and my fitness routine all but goes out the window. All of [...]

My dad got killed when I was 10, and I started having this recurring nightmare. I was walking in the woods with my family. There was this hole in the ground, and I didn’t see it. I fell in, all the way down. The sides were packed dirt, too steep to climb. I [...]

Taking time off karate sucks. I really hate missing a practice session. But this past week, my kids and I have been isolating for Covid. And I know I’ve needed rest more than anything. Taking some time off will help me recover, so that I can get back to my training when I’m [...]

Getting injured sucks. When karate is your FAVOURITE THING, having to take time off due to injury can be incredibly disappointing. But guess what? You CAN speed up your recovery. You just need to be smart about it. What you eat can make a HUGE difference to your recovery from injury. [...]

How do you build a solid martial arts practise? You start with the foundation. As beginners in karate, the first thing we learned was the basics. With a solid foundation of the basics, anything is possible. All advanced techniques require proficiency in these fundamental skills. As martial artists we know this. The importance [...]

Hydration is so important, but how much water do we actually need? Baseline Water Requirements On average, we need a baseline of approximately 12 cups of water per day. Sound like a lot? Don’t worry. Your food will provide approximately 4 cups of water per day, so you should [...]

No one likes talking about grief. No one has an easy time processing it. No one knows what to say. I never had an easy time opening up about this stuff. I always held it in, preferring to “act tough,” pretend everything’s fine, push through as a form of [...]

The other day I brushed my mom’s teeth for her for the first time in my life. She’s dying of two cancers right now. Dying in hospice. Four weeks ago she ended up in emerg, had to get two emergency surgeries, was in ICU with what seemed like 20 tubes coming out of [...]