PeaceWalker Blog

  You may or may not know that I’ve always been a big Batman fan. I especially liked the animated series that came out in the 90’s. There was an episode that came out that is very pertinent to you and me. It was called… The Forgotten Here’s the basic plot: Batman / Bruce Wayne goes undercover to unravel the mystery of Gotham's homeless men who are vanishing without a trace. While he is checking things out, Bruce gets hit in the head and wakes up in a forced labor camp. Suffering from amnesia Batman slowly begins to remember who he is and stages an escape. Resuming the mantle of the Batman, he returns to the mine like an avenging angel, determined to free the homeless captives and put and end to the man behind it all. (Which of course he does!) Remember Who You Are When Batman first wakes up in the labor camp, he doesn’t remember who he is. He is confused and not himself. Initially he goes along with the program of his servitude. However, he keeps remembering glimpses of his former

Even though many could see where all of this division and hatred in our country was leading to, when we witness the actual violence, realty once again floods in and has a way of shattering the comfort of our complacency, if only until the next headline. Some may find all of this shocking, others may see it simply validating their own fears. Regardless, of your political views, we have to take into account what this level of violence can do not only to the former President and his family, but what does to the state of our entire Nation. Yesterday as news broke of former President Donald Trump being shot, I can’t say that I was entirely surprised. Saddened, but not surprised. Regardless of your political stance, this act of violence is a dark reminder of the dangerous consequences of a society steeped in hate and division. Our collective heartbreak should not be about politics, but about the division and hatred that fuels this erosion of our humanity. We live in a time where traditional

  Learn to Cut to the Chase This is a lost art now-a-days. Yes, of course, sometimes you have to ‘play the game’ so to speak. You know, like a several course, fancy dinner, you have to know what utensil to use. The salad fork, the fork for the main meal, the big & little spoons, the tiny ones too! There’s a lot to it sometimes. Other times you’re going through the drive through window of a fast food restaurant using a spork or simply your fingers. Know what I’m talking about right?! There’s a time to go through all of the paces, jump through the hoops, and there’s a time to… Cut to the Chase! This is true with conflict and most any other interaction we have when working with people. Sometimes it’s best to skirt around things other times get right to the point. It can be difficult to cut to the chase in a productive way. This takes courage and a fair amount of tact to do it well. It also take practice. Lots and lots of practice! If you tend to be ‘gun shy’ this may be very difficult

  I hope you have a great holiday weekend. Some good time spent with your family and friends undoubtedly! Take  a moment or two to remember and honor what this weekend is really all about.  In that spirit, I thought I'd share with you Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem... Paul Revere's Ride By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882  Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,— One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm.” Then he said “Good night!” and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as

  I’m sitting here in front of the fireplace listening to Thievery Corporation and thinking… What a great weekend of training it was! The usual Tom Foolery on Saturday. Yesterday we had a good turnout for our Back to Basics Seminar at the local academy. Lot’s of new folks there experiencing this PeaceWalker Perspective for the first time. I must say, I thought everyone did a great job! I love sharing this path with new folks… Their questions… Their ‘Aha’ moments… The way they move… What they focus in on… and what they don’t… Training Your Subconscious?! Many people may think… “What good is one seminar going to do for me? I can’t learn anything in one class can I?!” Remember that story I told you last week about one of our members sharing some of these techniques with young ladies from Africa, who ended up using what she learned to protect her child and herself from an attempted kidnapping and physical attack. So, the answer is YES, you CAN Learn some pretty powerful, Life changing, Lif

  I love a good story and THIS one is a doozy! It is our tradition after Krav class, to have everyone sit in a circle (around the proverbial campfire) and tell protector tie-in stories. It’s important to connect the dots on how your training is used in real time. Pointing out the impact your training has on your own Life and the Lives of others is essential. You have to keep reminding yourself how/why this path is SO valuable in everything you do. It’s easy to forget the real value of training. Luckily for many people, outside of professional protectors (like law enforcement, security, etc.), most of the direct physical defense aspects of class are not utilized in their daily Life. However, sometimes it IS! An Amazing Story! One of our student community members has been going to Uganda on mission trips the past couple years. She got an opportunity to teach some of our PeaceWalker methods, including physical self defense, to a group of young ladies over there. This was a big deal for th