Overcoming The Fear of Failure
“Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” John F. Kennedy “I didn’t fail repeatedly; I just found 10,000 ways not to make a light bulb.” Thomas Edison The [...]
Bad News for Your Body After 20…
Did you know that if you eat and exercise the same way at the age of 40 as you did at when you were 20, you will gain 2-4 pounds per year? If you are not [...]
Holiday Traditions
National Karate likes to celebrate the Holiday Season with two great traditions! Our NK Gift Card Give Away and our Toy Drive for Kids with Cancer. Free NK Gift Cards! During the Christmas and [...]
Lessons from the Arcade and Martial Arts
Burn a Few Quarters: When I was a kid we had to get a ride from our mom to the arcade if we wanted to play video games. Home video games didn't really exist. Eventually Atari [...]
Team NK Chicago goes to Ireland!
Team NK Chicago in Ireland! Recently our National Karate Chicago Competition Team went to fight in the biggest fighting tournament in the world! This tournament has no form divisions - only fighting. The Irish Open [...]
What Difference Does a Toy Make?
Back in 2009 my wife and I adopted a beautiful little girl from an orphanage in China. She had several medical needs and we spent a lot of time at Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. Because of some [...]
Grateful Perspective
Thankful for things we may take for granted... When I was a boy we would sometimes visit my great aunt Louisa, who lived in a small town in rural Minnesota. Her house was so old [...]
What are the Diamond Nationals?
Did you know that our National Karate Schools is host to the largest and most prestigious martial arts tournament in the world? It is called the Diamond Nationals and we hold it in the [...]
Interview with a Martial Arts Icon J. Pat Burleson
We just wrapped up 3 days of seminars with one of martial arts most influential people, J. Pat Burleson. While he may not be a household name for non-martial artists, he certainly is famous in [...]
Historic 10th Degree Black Belt Promotion!
Recently I was fortunate to be allowed to sit on the Black Belt panel for a major moment in martial arts history. I witnessed the promotion of Grand Master Worley and GM Carnahan to [...]