Editor’s note: For years we’ve been telling people during the Krav Maga Houston introductory class that self defense is a critical life skill. Adults need to gain the clarity necessary to squarely understand this perspective. Unfortunately, far too many adults wait until a violent encounter erupts to take meaningful, long term action…
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Gratitude is the antidote to many of the ills that humans experience. Experiencing sadness? Gratitude can be a remedy. Angry? Gratitude can help. Envious or resentful? Gratitude is the answer.  According to the research of Robert Emmons at UC Berkley, people who rate high in gratitude are more likely to experience the following:…
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The Bataan Memorial Death March is a grueling 26.2 miles at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The event memorializes those who were taken captive by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War 2. Some 10,000 American soldiers and 50,000 Filipino soldiers were marched over 60 miles to prison…
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Use Your Skills Wisely and Morally to Help Yourself and Others.. We have all heard stories of someone needing emergency help on a busy sidewalk and passersby act as if the person doesn’t exist. This all too common phenomenon is called the bystander effect. The probability of receiving help is inversely proportional…
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Kids Grow When Encouraged to Apply Effort to Any Problem, Reenforcing That It’s Effort That Gets Results. In the United States, it is common to hear the well-intentioned phrase, “Oh, you’re so smart,” or some variation of this statement, reinforcing in our children what Stanford University Psychologist, Carol Dweck, considers to be a…
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In Self Defense, Your Choices are Your Own; Take Full Responsibility For Them and Choose Well. Reagan once said about his political rivals that the trouble with them “is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” This quote describes the political climate today just as…
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Bullying has Become a Widespread Epidemic. Can you Help? Sam had just moved into a new neighborhood in Houston, TX. The moving truck was still in the front of the house when he went for a bike ride to explore his new neighborhood. On his way back home, several boys taunted and tried to…
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Krav Maga Classes can Improve Success and Self Control “Don’t eat the marshmallow yet” is a common refrain in KIPP schools across the country. KIPP is arguably the most successful charter school program in the United States, with well over 80% of their low-income student base accepted to 4-year university programs. Students learn the…
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What is Grit (and does it come with eggs)? The last decade has seen some groundbreaking research on the concept of grit; the trait that keeps a person forging on in the face of adversity and sticking to their long-term goals. Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania has found that grit is more important…
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