Living Lessons

Living Lessons on USAdojo.com offers wisdom for everyday life.

Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Get Up and Live

All I can remember wanting when I was a kid was to face the day ahead and see my way through it. Early one...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

The Wade’s of Russell Springs

You never know who you're talking with when you're talking to a child. They may be a professional athlete some day, the one who...
Dr Maung Gyi

Teacher of Teachers Dr. Maung Gyi

For martial arts legends, martial arts is a journey of ego, but controlled ego, if trained under the right teachers, very special teachers like Dr. Maung Gyi.
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out

Spring Break Ideas for Working Adults

Spring Break is here! Are you going on vacation or do you have to stay home and work? If you are an adult who...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

10 Universal Laws of Warrior Code

The Ten Universal Laws of the Warrior Code: 1. Pay Attention. Stay in the present. It’s the only place anything real is happening. 2. Take Responsibility....
Ask Dr. Robyn

Teaching Children Cooperation

Dr. Robyn Silverman - Author, Speaker, Child/Teen Development Expert and creator of the Industry's number one personal development / life skills / character education...
Mike Sullenger

How Does your Ego Compare to your Life’s Accomplishments?

Over the past couple of decades, as I've gotten older and have begun paying more attention to my life’s accomplishments. I've not done this...
Transitions from Student to Teacher

Transitions, From Student to Teacher

In this way Sensei Schneider seeks to assist me in making the transition from student to teacher of the martial arts. I suspect that like...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

What Martial Arts Training Does For People

I am currently on my way home from a four day, back-to-back seminar tour. On Thursday, I did a Business Boot Camp in Denver....
40 Brooms

The Lesson of the Forty Brooms

The stories you are about to read are true and have been lived out by the Old Sensei. There are lessons to be learned...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

I Know Who You Are Little Boy

C’mon Man … I know who you are I know who you are because I've been you. I see the veins popping from your neck. I...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Heading Home

Home is where the heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. Home is just a click or two of Dorothy's red shoes. What a beautiful...
Dane Harden's Living Lessons

The Elephant and the Blind Students

Once upon a time there were three blind students, who were martial artists.  Each of them diligently studied their styles of fighting and each...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

My Martial Arts Journey

I love my martial arts journey, probably just like you. I love training. I love teaching. I love what martial arts does for people. Over...

Ivan Outerbridge Travels to Home of Capoeira

Ivan Outerbridge travels to where slaves created the 'secret' art of Capoeira Avid and long time martial artist, Ivan Outerbridge of Capoeira Camara – Bermuda, recently...

Musashi Miyamoto Quotes

Musash Miyamoto quotes are from A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Musashi Miyamoto and other sources. “Both in fighting and in...