PeaceWalker Blog

  It's never a good idea to bang your head against the wall in the hopes of improving brain functions. Yet, figuratively speaking, some people insist on doing it over and over again. And when you do your best to help them out of their self-imposed trap, they get upset with you. Often times, it's better to just leave 'em alone. Pain is a great teacher, I've found. When you get hurt, you have time to re-evaluate what you were doing. You can ask yourself if there IS a better way. You can think about the idea that perhaps you were sold a pile of BS about what you're doing.  Take sparring for instance. The 'Go Hard or Go Home' method will just get you f*d up and wrecked. ESPECIALLY if you are over 40.  Yet, I see so many of these places advocating it.  In reality if you don't do things correctly, you'll just keep getting injured, resulting in less training and inevitably you quitting and not training at all! How's THAT going to help you to protect you

  Ever Run Into a Complainer? You know there are some people that will just complain about anything and everything.  I ran into one not that long ago. There was no making this guy happy. No matter what solution I presented, it wasn't good enough for him.  As a matter of fact, he was clueless that HE was the common denominator in all of his problems.  Of course he didn't see it that way.  He ran into the same situation over and over again (continually getting hurt in training.). After hearing his complaints a few times, I discretely watched him as he trained.  I witnessed him saying things like,  "Come on you can go harder than that.." Or "...Is that all you got?!" Or the crowd favorite... "What if I did 'THIS'?"  (followed by an inappropriate, out of context  quick, jerky attack (or movement), that his partner wasn't expecting, causing them to respond accordingly). Or this guy would simply going to fast, hard and wild for his ability, l

  The Signing of the Declaration of Independence By H. A. Guerber John Hancock, President of Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, writing his name in large, plain letters, and saying: "There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles. Now let him double the price on my head, for this is my defiance." Then he turned to the other members, and solemnly declared: "We must be unanimous. There must be no pulling different ways. We must all hang together." "Yes," said Franklin, quaintly, "we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." We are told that Charles Carroll, thinking that his writing looked shaky, added the words, "of Carrollton," so that the king should not be able to make any mistake as to whose name stood there. Happy Independence Day! Don't forget how we got here and why!  Keep an eye on the past as we forge the future.  Best, ~Craig Declare your own independence by

  Remedy... Cure... Disease... Many "Cures" are worse than the disease.  Take prescription drugs for example.  You ever watch those TV commercials where they show you how great everything is after taking a super drug, only to hear hat creepy voice pop up at the end (at 10x normal speed, so they can fit everything in), rattling off a list of side effects that include everything from depression and suicidal thoughts to coma or death!? In our world... That of self defense, personal protection, conflict management and defensive tactics it's very much the same. If you're not careful, the ' Cure'  can end up turning you into part of the problem.  It's a subtle shift resulting from being unclear.  You come in to learn how to become a better protector and end up with an... OUT THUG the THUG MENTALITY! It's an easy trap to fall into! Many unwittingly fall into this trap of thinking they have to be meaner, tougher, more ruthless than the 'bad guys'! BUT

  Joe, one of our Private PeaceWalker Member's forwarded me this great tie in story I wanted to share with you. Check it out! Limitations & Opportunities A young man once wandered into a Judo school, because he wanted to learn how to throw people... you know... for self defense. However, he only had one arm. His Judo coach wouldn't let him jump into the normal classes... instead, he was forced to stay off on the side and practice a beginner throw. Every day, the other students were allowed to master super-sweet moves and sweeps, while our One-Armed judoka did the same. boring. throw... over and over. One day, the young man finally complained. "I want to do advanced class with all of the other students. Don't limit me because of my disability!"! The sensei stopped the class, and replied, "Well, NOW you're going to fight everyone in the gym. Let's see who throws who!" What a jerk... AM I RIGHT!? So he reluctantly stepped onto the mat with his f

I got a text from one of our Private PeaceWalker Members a couple days ago.  He's a Court Officer who uses his PeaceWalker training quite frequently in his job. For privacy  (and my own amusement)   we'll call him Dog, as in Dog the bounty hunter  (I'm sure he'll love that!=).  Well, Dog got a call from  'the office'  that one of his  'clients'  had to either follow through getting his blood test or be arrested on a bench warrant.  The last thing Dog wanted to have to do is go to the hood and make an arrest. Fortunately, Dog is good at what he does, isn't a douche canoe, and he uses an ample amount of the PeaceWalker approach to make allies not enemies. So, even when he has to serve papers, or in this case leave a message that if this dude doesn't get his court ordered blood test, he'll have to come and arrest him, he is able to get things done in a more safe, respectable, even easier way. Here's the texts I got from Dog describing the ph