Nutrition & Health

If you want to perform your best in life and martial arts, building good eating habits and a healthy diet are key. But there is so much nutrition information out there! So where to start? With all of the conflicting nutrition information online, having a healthy diet can seem like a complicated process. [...]

I used to hate my body. For years I used exercise as a means to either look a certain way, or to punish myself for not fitting some magazine-worthy ideal. Starting karate changed all of that. Training in a space where everyone wore the same uniform and where body composition wasn’t [...]

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 [...]