Whether you are here as a first time visitor, or you check in everyday, Welcome.
I have to tell you, if you want to improve your life, you need to hold yourself accountable. I would love to say that there is some magic pill to take, but there isn?t. If you go back to Day One in this 35 day blog, you?ll see how I can help you understand some of the things I know people need to make change. You?ll see changes in as short as 4 days, or as long as 34? but isn?t it all worth it in the end? Feeling better, looking better, knowing you?ve accomplished something?
I don?t know these things because I?m a genius. I know these things, because I?ve worked with people for over 15 years now, helping and seeing them make positive changes in their lives. I?ve also seen what people do to fail. I?ll save those points for a future blog.
For right now, I want to challenge you to first take a look at a challenge anyone can do, and that is to get involved with our Haiti Grapple-A-Thon. In short, people pledge participants to grapple non-stop for 15 minute increments. Our goal is to go a full 2 hours, or 120 minutes. That is 8 ? 15 minute increments.
If someone pledges you $5 per increment, and you go for 30 minutes, they?ll owe you ten bucks. If another pledges $25, and you go for the full 2 hours, that is $200. Regardless of how long you think you can grapple, I?m looking for 33 people who can raise $300 in order to reach our $10,000 goal.
Just to let you know that I put my money where my mouth is, we recently ran an Instructors Camp and Counter Assault Tactics Team (CATT) seminar, where I donated 100% of the revenue generated from that even. By the generosity and dedication of our students, I was able to write a nice 4 figure check to direct Haiti Relief. Money I wouldn?t have minded putting in my pocket, but I knew could serve a greater purpose to those in serious need.
So whether you want to donate, participate or both? We need your help. Starting the first week of March, we?ll be designating special ?Grapple-A-Thon? training times at each academy to help us train for this event ? regardless of what your current skill level is (most will have little or none!). Those special training times will give you around? 34 days? to get yourself to a new level.
Therefore, if you want to serve a greater cause than yourself, AND get yourself in shape AND learn some incredible grappling skills? this is it!!! I don?t care if those will be your first classes, or you?ve been a student of mine for years!
On Monday, I?ll be rolling out a summary of all the events we have coming up in the next couple months. Female self-defense seminars to Evolutions, new classes starting up to a rockin? two day seminar on 2/27-28. Sign up for the RSS at the top left of this page, so you automatically get notified of updates!
Lee, Love and Life,
Sifu
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