Spring break is here, but it doesn’t really feel like spring or break. For starters, several inches of snow fell in my location last night. Work has piled on over the last few weeks. But most importantly, spring break doesn’t mean much when you’re in a MOOC. I wrote last month about how I signed… Continue reading Spring Break! Halfway Through the MIT MOOC
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3 Reasons Why You Should Learn More Than One Martial Art
Any martial artist should have experience in more than one style. Last week, I attended a combat hapkido seminar led by Mr. Donald Moore. I have no formal training in combat hapkido, so I was apprehensive about making the hour-and-45-minute trip to Moline. However, as I found out during the course of the four-hour seminar,… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why You Should Learn More Than One Martial Art
I Signed Up For My First MOOC
On Monday, I’ll be starting my first MOOC. The MIT Media Lab is offering Learning Creative Learning – “a course for designers, technologists, and educators interested in creative learning” – as a massive open online course in what it is referring to as “a big experiment.” A MOOC is a course put online by some learning… Continue reading I Signed Up For My First MOOC
Scaling Force: A Review of Rory Miller and Lawrence A. Kane’s Book on How to Choose the Right Response Level
It’s not often I read a book twice within six months. But that’s exactly what I did with the latest book from Rory Miller and Lawrence A. Kane. Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence is essential for anybody who studies self-defense. As a karateka, most of my time is spent working strikes, locks,… Continue reading Scaling Force: A Review of Rory Miller and Lawrence A. Kane’s Book on How to Choose the Right Response Level
A Day at the AKA Grand Nationals
I competed yesterday at the AKA Grand Nationals, the longest-running martial arts tournament in the U.S., in Chicago. I placed first after performing Kanku Sho in a division of two, the non-NASKA men’s 18-29 Japanese/Okinawan forms. The NASKA division had 13 competitors. Not being a registered member of the NASKA circuit and never having looked seriously… Continue reading A Day at the AKA Grand Nationals