March 18, 2017, Israel
Growing up I had the feeling that I was always protected. Not everyone is so fortunate. I was blessed with wonderful parents who always gave me the feeling of security and well being. No matter the world could dish out at me I knew my parents would make it right. We learn from our parents. Read more
February 28, Long Island, USA
They say that a bee that takes honey from many flowers is the best bee, or something along those lines. The point being that it is good to taste from many sources. I have heard this from people who have studied from many martial arts instructors. The argument is that they are richer for having tasted from many master instructors. They do not want to be “limited” or confined to one source. Read more
February 3, 2017, Los Angeles, Ca, USA
On June 25, 1940 the French officially surrendered to Nazi Germany. We all know the movies about the cool French Resistance and all that and we see the French as part of the Allied effort to victory over Germany. But is that the entire truth? Read more
February 1, 2017, Los Angeles, Ca, USA
קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכׇּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
Father Jacob, our patriarch, father of the twelve tribes of Israel. A great man, a humble man. A man of peace, a man of war. A man who “wrestled with God and with man“. A man still remembered well over 3,000 years after his physical demise. Read more
January 30, 2017, Los Angeles, Ca, USA
After a recent seminar in Panama a woman came up to me, “So this is what Civilian Krav Maga is like“.
NO. Read more
January 29, 2017
Copa airlines, Panama City – San Francisco flight 208
Coffee served by lovely flight attendant.
In life we are on our own. We may have many successes and failures and we will have to own up to them and claim them as our own. We can credit others with helping us, we can blame others for hurting us but in the end, the bottom line is, we are responsible for ourselves. We are on our own. Read more
January 16, 2017, Israel
Boxing is a sport, a fight sport, a brutal sport, but always a sport. There have always been rules to boxing. There are more techniques that are not allowed that those allowed. Read more
January 24, 2017, Morelia, Mexico
In life there are and always have been rich and poor, happy and sad, healthy and sick. To me what appears to be of critical importance are choices. Read more
