January 2004

Seven Habits of Highly Successful Martial Artists

Regardless of how old you are or what rank you have acquired in your training, most martial arts students share a common goal to be the best they can be. Sure, you may never be able to leap five feet in the air, flip, and accurately side-kick your target and land in a full split. But, in reality, that does not matter. What does matter is that you are striving toward your personal potential. To get there, follow the seven habits of highly successful students. Habit One - Be There: Getting to class is important not only to continue your learning but also to provide your body with the routine of physically and mentally utilizing your knowledge. Experts have determined that two classes per week is optimal for beginners and lower intermediate students, while higher intermediate and advanced students may benefit from three or more classes. Habit Two - Practice: Reviewing at home what you learn in class is critical to enabling you to master your skills. Home practice makes your class experience much more beneficial and comfortable. Practice anything new you learn in class for five to ten minutes as soon as you get home that day. This ensures that you practice your new material properly while it is still fresh in your mind. Habit Three - Eat Right: You are what you eat. Eat healthfully and your body will pay dividends when you challenge yourself mentally as well as physically. Good nutrition is recognized as a necessity for peak performance. And its never too late to make nutrition a priority, so forget what may have happened over the holidays!! Habit Four - Stretch Daily: Muscles that are stretched routinely become more flexible. Flexible muscles respond stronger and faster which allows your body to perform your martial arts techniques with a superman quality. An added benefit is an increased metabolism and we can all use that, right? (Note: warm up your muscles before stretching.) Habit Five - Meditate: Yes, Meditate. Now you dont have to lull yourself into a trance. Just take five to ten minutes a
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day by yourself; close your eyes and relax. Those precious few minutes right before you pass out in bed each night don't count. Challenge yourself to budget additional time each day. Take a few of those minutes and visualize yourself performing martial arts techniques that are hard and challenging. Your mind can be a great asset when it comes time to perform these techniques live. Habit Six - Teach: Help out a fellow student or teach yourself. The teaching process actually hard codes information into your brain and helps you learn better. In fact, this is a great practicing strategy. Stand in front of a mirror and verbally teach yourself how to perform a technique. While speaking out loud, make necessary corrections and positively reinforce yourself. It may sound silly, but it works! Habit Seven - Set Goals. Have you officially set Black Belt as your goal yet? Have you set a specific time-line to achieve that goal? Have you set a goal for your next rank? Would you like to teach some day or have your own school? What are your goals? A goal set is a goal already half completed. Follow these seven habits of highly successful martial artists and youll achieve your martial arts potential and you may even surprise yourself at what your potential actually is.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Seven Habits of the Highly Successful New Law...Better Food Choices What Every Future Black Belt Should Know Testimonial Kids Korner Kyusho Corner Cover Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 Page 5

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HealthKick

New Law Allows You To Make Better Food Choices

Due to a ruling by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2003, we will soon have more information available to us to make healthy food selections. In the near future, food and supplement manufacturers will be required to include the amount of trans-fatty acids (also called trans fats) on their nutrition labels. For martial artists, who are working toward achieving maximal health, this information is crucial to make appropriate food choices. As martial artists, we strive to embody the ideals of the martial arts: being healthy in mind and body. To achieve our health goals, we must physically exercise regularly (daily), train regularly, and eat correctly by making appropriate food choices. This is not to say that you can never eat unhealthy foods, but you should at least know all the facts about the foods you are eating before you choose to ingest them. The new labeling law will help give you the information you need to make an informed choice. But what are trans-fatty acids and why are they significant? Trans-fatty acids occur naturally in small quantities in some foods, including beef, pork, lamb, butter

and milk. The crucial word here, though, is small. The vast majority of trans fats that we actually consume are ingredients in processed foods. Fats that are hydrogenated are the main culprits in supplying trans-fatty acids. Oils in foods are hydrogenated to produce more palatable products or to make foods last longer. Some peanut butters are hydrogenated to make them creamier. And liquid vegetable oil is hydrogenated to produce solid (stick or tub) margarine. Trans-fatty acids affect your body in much the same way as saturated fats. They tend to raise your cholesterol levels (of the bad LDL-type), and even decrease the good HDL-type cholesterol in your blood. Even if you have normal cholesterol levels, trans fats are certainly an un-natural substance that does your body no good whatsoever. While your body does need some fat in your diet, the type of fat you select is crucial to consuming a healthy diet. Good choices of fats are polyunsaturated fats such as those found in safflower, sunflower, corn and soybean oils; and monounsaturated fats such as those found mainly in canola, olive and peanut oils. An overall maximally healthy diet is the compilation of mostly excellent food choices, mixed with some OK food choices, and very few poor choices. In this way, your diet can assist you in reaching your martial arts goals, culminating in a healthy mind, body and spirit.

What Every Future Black Belt Should Know

1. Obtaining a black belt is a proud moment. However, it is at this time that you must remember humility. 2. As a black belt, you are a role model. Your actions represent the martial arts and your school at all times. 3. Black belt marks the end of a long journey and the beginning of a new road of challenges and rewards. 4. Every black belt practitioner has special skills that make his or her abilities unique. You are one of a kind. 5. The expertise of a black belt is the balance of both physical and mental skills and abilities.

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Kyusho-Jitsu (The Dillman Pressure Point Method)

"As the owner of a dojo in a style unrelated Kyusho, Kyusho Canada/York Karate and George Dillman, I was initially intrigued by the potential that Kyusho had in further defining the Bunkai, or applications, of the kata that I taught. I found that the focal point of many of the movements in kata could be identified as pressure points and meridians. It has helped me to enhance my teaching, and increase the scope of knowledge of my students. I have been dismayed in my discussions with other martial artists that few have been taught, and fewer understand, the applications of kata and actually deprecate the value of kata because of a personal lack of knowledge. Kyusho Canada/York Karate does an excellent job of teaching the concepts of pressure point usage and I recommend them to anyone interested in furthering his/her knowledge of karate, regardless of style. --Rick Roberts, Godan, Renshi, Roberts Karate, Guelph"

Kids Korner
Movie Match: Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme?
1. Executive Decision 2. The Glimmer Man 3. Double Team 4. Hard to Kill 5. Hard Target 6. Blood Sport 7. Nowhere to Run 8. Exit Wounds 9. Desert Heat 10. The Foreigner

Welcome to Kids Korner, the mind boggling, brain teasing section of Kid's Zone. If you score: 9 or more, you are a Grandmaster; 7 or 8, a Master; 6, an Advanced Student; 5, an Intermediate Student; 4, a Beginner Student; 3, do 10 sit-ups; 2, do 10 push-ups; 1, do 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups. Guess the Bonus and add +1 to your score. Good luck!!!
11. Marked For Death 12. Time Cop 13. Derailed 14. Above the Law 15. The Patriot 16. Replicant 17. Death Warrant 18. Double Impact 19. On Deadly Ground 20. Under Siege ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________

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***Bonus***
Half Past Dead __________________________

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Answers: Steven Seagal: 1,2,4,8,10,11,14,15,19,20 and Bonus. John Claude Van Damme: 3,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17,18,

Kyusho-Jitsu (The Dillman Pressure Point Method) Study Forum

This program is not style specific, rather it focus on developing principles and knowledge that can be applied to any art. As Professor Wally Jay states Pressure point knowledge will enhance any martial arts style so it doesnt matter what art you study you will be able to apply these principles to it and enhance your understanding and advance your ability. The forum will be open to people who already train in a martial art and wish to expand and continue their martial arts study. We are the only Certificated DKI School and have the only program with a detailed syllabus that has been approved by Grand Master Dillman in Ontario. This assures we cover all the key information required to build a foundation in the art of pressure points that you can apply to your art. This is a structured program that encourages interaction and provides a positive learning environment and we keep the numbers small to assure individual attention. Each participant is provided a student syllabus, a class curriculum and detailed class/program notes. Classes will be held one Sunday a month from 10 to 1 pm. There will be an opportunity to test for ranking (Kyu/Dan based on skill level) in Kyusho-Jitsu (The Dillman Pressure Point Method) at the complication of the program, certificates will be signed Grand Master George Dillman. If you are interested in taking part in this program please contact us for more information. You can also access the Kyusho-Jitsu Student Syllabus by visiting our web site www.pressurepoint.ca

What you will learn

A detailed curriculum covering these topics & more 1. The 5 Rules of Kyusho-Jitsu Training
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Stay on the same meridian Follow the Cycle of Destruction Use Yin Yang Principles Follow the Diurnal Cycle Special Points Rules

Your Instructors for this Program Gordon Travers & Sarah Daley Gordon & Sarah are certificated Maters Level Instructors of Kyusho Jitsu The Dillman Pressure Point Method award by Master George Dillman and certified by a Board of Grand Masters consisting of Master Leo Fong, Professor Wally Jay and Professor Remy Presas.

2. Meridian location, element & polarity 3. Location of 40 key pressure points 4. M.A.D.E. of thesekey points (method of activation, angle, direction and effect) 5. Pressure Point Self -Defense 6. Pressure Point Kata Bunkai

Kyusho Canada is the only Certified Dillman Karate International Scholl in Ontario

Interested in hosting a Kyuhso Jitsu (The Dillman Pressure Point Method) Study form or seminar in your school? Contact us for details

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Kyusho Corner Triple Warmer 15 Fire and Yang

Method of activation : Hit , touch Angle/Direction: straight though and in and down Effect: drains energy, stun

Human skin is a marvelous organ. A section of skin the size of a quarter contains over 3 million cells, 3 feet of blood vessels and 12 feet of nerves!

Mr. George Dillman

9th Dan Ryukyu Kempo and

World Renowned Kyusho-Jitsu Expert

This will be a hands on seminar

Featuring

The Secrets of Martial Arts Revealed Humane Pressure Point Self Defence Joint Manipulation Chi Flow and Energy Manipulation Kata Breakdown and Application

Sunday March 21, 2004 Session One Noon to 2:30 p.m. Session Two 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Location
Osgoode Professional Development Centre 1 Dundas St. West Suite 2602 Toronto ON M5Z 1Z3 Pre Registered One session $45 Both sessions $75 At the Door One session $65 Both sessions $99

Each session will be unique and different. This is an incredible opportunity to train with a living legend and recognized Master at a fantastic value!

Dont miss it
For more information or to register call 416-834-7400 www.pressurepoint.ca

George Dillman has probably done more for the traditional martial arts than any other person alive - Black Belt Magaizine September 2003