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October 2007
Newsletter
Congratulations
to the students who earned promotions since our last newsletter.
Promotion requirements for each rank vary according
to each sensei and organization. Even though there is no worldwide
standard for each rank, it is generally accepted that a black belt
requires years of practice and a proficiency in many skills and
techniques. The earning of a black belt represents a significant
achievement in technical skill and competitive ability. When the student
has trained with diligence and understands the knowledge of the color
ranks and has exceeded that level of training, his or her obi will turn
black. This accomplishment also represents an initial step in a path to
higher awareness and greater achievement of a martial artist, a lifetime
pursuit. The challenge upon receiving a promotion is to not let one’s self
become complacent and loose sight of the need to continue training. If
this happens that individual does not stay at the high level of
proficiency, but begins to loose ability. In general,
obis are not washed to preserve the true color of the belt. It is considered
disrespectful to allow an obi to touch or be left on the ground. A student
should never adjust or retie their obi in front of a higher-ranking student.
As a level of achievement and accomplishment, the obi is to be treated with
the utmost respect and reverence as it is presented by your sensei as a part
of your martial arts journey.
A LOCAL TOURNAMENT:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2007
EDITH B. DECKER SCHOOL - MT. ARLINGTON, NJ
PRE-REGISTER BEFORE NOVEMBER 3RD
REGISTER AT THE DOOR - - 9 AM
TOURNAMENT STARTS AT 10 AM
The Habit of Going the Extra Mile - Excerpt from: The Master-Key To
Riches by Napoleon Hill
An important principle of success in all walks of life and in all
occupations is a willingness to GO THE EXTRA MILE; which means the rendering
of more and better service than that for which one is paid, and giving it in
a positive mental attitude.
Search wherever you will for a single sound argument against this principle,
and you will not find it; nor will you find a single instance of enduring
success, which was not attained in part by its application.
The principle is not the creation of man. It is a part of Nature's
handiwork, for it is obvious that every living creature below the
intelligence of man is forced to apply the principle in order to survive.
Man may disregard the principle if he chooses, but he cannot do so and at
the same time enjoy the fruits of enduring success.
Observe how Nature applies this principle in the production of food that
grows from the soil, where the farmer is forced to GO THE EXTRA MILE by
clearing the land, plowing it, and planting the seed at the right time of
the year, for none of which he receives any pay in advance.
But, observe that if he does his work in harmony with Nature's laws, and
performs the necessary amount of labor, Nature takes over the job where the
farmer's labor ends, germinates the seed he plants and develops it into a
crop of food.
And, observe thoughtfully this significant fact: For every grain of wheat or
corn he plants in the soil Nature yields him perhaps a hundred grains, thus
enabling him to benefit by the law of increasing returns.
The Law of Supply
Have you ever run a race, or worked at utmost capacity for a protracted
period, or swum a great distance? Remember how, soon after starting, you
began to feel tired? Remember how, before you had gone any distance, you
thought you had reached your limit? But remember, too, how, when you kept on
going, you got your second wind, your tiredness vanished, your muscles
throbbed with energy, you felt literally charged with speed and endurance?
Stored in every human being are great reserves of energy of which the
average individual knows nothing. Most people are like a man who drives a
car in low gear, not knowing that by the simple shift of a lever he can set
it in high and not merely speed up the car, but do it with far less
expenditure of power.
The law of the universe is the law of supply. You see it on every hand.
Nature is lavish in everything she does. There is abundance for everyone.
But just as you must strain and labor to reach the resources of your "second
wind," just so you must strive before you can make manifest the law of
supply in nature.
The world belongs to you. It is your estate. It owes you not merely a
living, but everything of good you may desire. You've got to demand these
things of it, though. You've got to fear naught, dread naught, stop at
naught. You've got to dominate - not to cringe. You've got to make the
application of the law of supply
Why is it, then, that so many millions of men and women go through life in
poverty and misery, in sickness and despair? Why? Primarily because they
make a reality of poverty through their fear of it. They visualize poverty,
misery and disease, and thus bring them into being. And secondly, they
cannot demonstrate the law of supply for the same reason that so many
millions cannot solve the first problem in algebra. The solution is simple -
but they have never been shown the method. They do not understand the law.
The power is placed in hands so taken up with other things that they have no
time to seize it.
The essence of the law is that you must think abundance, see abundance, feel
abundance, believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation enter your mind.
There is no lawful desire of yours for which, as far as mind is concerned,
there is not abundant satisfaction. And if you can visualize it in mind, you
can realize it in your daily world.
Robert Collier
From The Book of Life
Both of these articles speak to the intent in the study of karate. Each
student must strive to become more than he or she is. One must not be
complacent in the level of ability that is possessed today. Each of us must
truly desire to do more than is expected and wish to develop beyond what we
think is our ability. As we choose to do this in the dojo, we will do it in
our entire life and even help other people to follow our lead. Think about
your world. How rich would it be if we all went the extra mile and refused
to limit ourselves mentally, physically and emotionally. The world is yours.
Visualize your greatness and it is real. |
