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  • June 2026: Integrity

    Tony Robbins mentions that the word integrity shares the same prefix with the word from math class, “integer.” An integer is any whole number. Someone who has integrity is an undivided person, a whole person. In this old story, an emperor has no son as his successor, so he decides to find the next emperor among the children in the city. Each child was given a seed with the task of growing the best plant possible. This would demonstrate their potential in how well they could rule the country. After one year, each child was to return and show the progress they made. Plants of all sizes were brought before the emperor. Finally, one boy approached the emperor with a ....

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  • May 2026: Self-Discipline

    “Self-discipline is the ability to control your feelings and desires to achieve goals, regardless of how you feel physically or emotionally. It involves making consistent choices that align with your long-term objectives, often requiring practice and perseverance.” -Internet search Tasks become easier when we have a compelling reason for doing them, and believe our efforts will be fruitful. “Doing the math” can be a fun exercise. If a student trains twice a week for approximately fifty (50) weeks a year, that’s about one hundred (100) hours of training. On the journey to black belt, students will have trained ....

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  • May 2026: Perseverance

    Perseverance Zig Ziglar and Mark Batterson each tell the well-known story of the Chinese bamboo tree. The farmer will go out and plant the crop and take care of it all year. At the end of the first year no sign of growth shows. The next year the farmer continues to take care of it. At the end of the second year, still, nothing happens. The farmer continues taking care of the plants for five years without seeing any sign of growth. Then, in the fifth year, in a period of about six weeks, the plants grow about ninety feet high! The question with the lesson is “did the plants grow in the six weeks or in the five years?” Answer - five years. It can ....

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  • April 2026: Intensity

    Intensity None of us can go 100% all the time. Some days we are running at 2 out of 10, while other days we feel like a 9 out of 10. Each day our best is different. This is normal, because each day is different. Some days are more challenging than others. Intensity can be compensated for with consistency. Much of life is about showing up. Few are the number of games one wins by NOT taking one’s turn. "When it’s all said and done with, let the ledger show your wins and let it show your losses, but don’t let it show you didn’t play." -Jim Rohn Allow yourself to show up with the energy level you have. Consistency over intensity. ....

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  • April 2026: Fitness

    Fitness How good is anyone to their family and friends, or at their job if they are dehydrated, hungry, and haven’t slept in the last 48 hours? We would all say no one is exceptionally useful under these circumstances. When was the last time you drank some water? What was on yesterday’s menu? And, what’s on today’s menu? Do you have a “bedtime” that gives you enough rest to tackle the day? Fitness is less about being able to run a marathon and more about being present and participating in each day fully. Don’t forget to take care of yourself, so you have more of yourself to put into each moment of ....

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  • 19 Mar 2026

    March: Assertiveness

    Story of the monk and the snake This is a story of an encounter a monk has while traveling to a neighboring village. Shortly after setting out on his journey the monk travels near a village where he is asked by villagers for help. Our village is constantly attacked by a snake that bites everyone he sees: men, women, children, and livestock! Won’t you help? Take me to this snake, said the monk. The boy took the monk to a pond where the snake typically visited. Sure enough, the snake was there. Snake, why do you bite the villagers. Do you not know that you can live without biting others? The snake answered, “I have never considered any other way of living.” But, ....

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  • February: Modesty

    Modesty: Not being overly proud or boastful about one’s self or abilities Everyone should want to do well and be successful. And that’s normal. Sometimes we see others doing well and it makes us feel inadequate, or lacking. So, we signal to others we are doing well through buying a new item or claiming success in a skill or endeavor. When we see the nice car, we don’t see the struggle to make the monthly payment. When we see the nice house, we don’t hear the arguments that take place in it. When we see the perfect family photo, we don’t see unseen sickness and doctor visits. Dr. Jordan Peterson said that it doesn’t make ....

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  • February: Humility

    Humility: freedom from pride or arrogance. Whatever you are doing right now, “give yourself time.” To “give yourself time” means to allow yourself to work at the task without deciding ahead of time how much time you will spend on it. (An idea mentioned in Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams) Yes, sometimes we need to get things done. …And, sometimes the urge to rush makes things worse. Years ago, I heard about an article in a jiu jitsu magazine. Something to the effect of - A student was frustrated because he was unable to finish a choke against a particular student in class. His teacher told him he had the wrong goal. If ....

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  • March: Anger and Resentment

    Anger and Resentment I recently listened to a short story told in a book, Gradually Then Suddenly . A door-to-door salesman walks up to a house with an old man sitting on the porch in a rocking chair. Laying next to him was an old hound dog. The salesman barely got out, “Good afternoon, Sir! I’m selling…” by the time the dog let out a loud whimper. Shocked, the salesman asked if the dog was okay. “Yesir, he’s just laying on a nail,” said the old man. “A nail!? Why doesn’t the dog move?!?” inquired the salesman. The old man replied, “Because it doesn’t hurt enough.” Sometimes we stay in ....

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  • Arc Systems Martial Arts Is Opening February 2026

    We’re excited to officially announce that Arc Systems Martial Arts will be opening its doors in February 2026! After years of training, teaching, and building a vision for something truly special, founder Noah Parkman is proud to bring a professional martial arts facility to the community. Arc Systems Martial Arts was created with one goal in mind: to provide structured, high-quality training for kids, teens, and adults in a clean, welcoming environment. With over twenty years of teaching experience and advanced ranks in Karate and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Noah has built programs designed to develop more than just physical skill. Every class focuses on confidence, discipline, and ....

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