Archive for the ‘education’ Category
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
One of our CST nation asked a great question which deserves repeating.
"Hi. I've been watching with interest Coach Sonnon's TACFIT Groundfighter workout videos recently. Clearly they are an excellent resource, whether for follow-on by the gifted or adapted for mere mortals such as myself. However, I was wondering whether it ...
Posted in nervous system, practice, bodybuilding, Compensatory Movement, TACFIT, biomechanics, motor development, MMA, development, skill refinement, training, groundfighting, USA Team, programming, peaking, periodization, physique sculpting, martial art, combat, fighting, learning, progress, conditioning, Circular Strength Training, grappling, kickboxing, toughness, Sambo, sport specific, performance enhancement, competition, education, fitness | No Comments »
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
You're often told that practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect. Unfortunately, this redundant cliche lacks meaning and guidance. Firstly, even if you could practice a perfect technique, the body always adapts neurologically, so technically... perfect practice would make perfect-er.
But that's not the problem is it? The difficulty isn't ...
Posted in mastery, challenges, development, skill refinement, patience, education, pediatric, progress, learning, success | 6 Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Many of you are developing in your Circular Strength Training (CST). Some, coming to understand that linear training doesn't even exist: just "good" CST and "bad" CST. Lately, I've been receiving valid questions from you why the books and videos in the CST Coaching Development Program cannot be purchased beforehand, ...
Posted in career development, biomechanics, language, workshop, education, certification, Circular Strength Training, learning, coach | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
The 2 images on the left were from early November 2008, just about to depart for Italy. The 2 on the right were from last week. So, ten months. Not a ten weeks steroid induced swell, BUT I have better range of motion, mobility, functional power, flexibility, mental stamina and ...
Posted in motivation, wellness, chest, leadership, patience, toughness, change, joint mobility, longevity, recovery, hypertrophy, inspiration, performance enhancement, education, physique sculpting, periodization, dyslexia, challenges, accountability, development, back, abs, courage, fascial strength, mastery, active aging, motor development, nervous system, gratitude, mobility, empowerment, core, flexibility, stamina, power, health, energy, Circular Strength Training, endurance, success, strength, exercise, conditioning, weight-lifting, free-weights, clubbells, weight loss, food, pain-free, healing, balance, shoulders, legs, arms, injury prevention, flat tummy, nutrition, diet, immune system, fat loss, progress, fitness | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Have you ever noticed that what you once valued falls out of attention, only to become valuable to you again? Ideas, trends, fashions, even beliefs... We seem to move from one aspect of practice to another, both in individual periods, and also to a degree, in collective periods.
As your goals ...
Posted in challenges, accountability, social networking, development, mastery, career development, education, change, motivation, leadership, learning | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Kai Sonnon takes on his much more seasoned (but still good looking) father in a round of fisticuffs... because the Son got scolded but Dad was wrong, so now... is payback time.
I try to not teach my kids martial arts believe it or not. We only play. We've been playing ...
Posted in boxing, education, Familial, parenting, kickboxing, martial art, kids, pediatric, learning, children | 13 Comments »
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
My mother helped me seek out many alternative educational approaches as a child. But due to my rampant forms of dyslexia, I found great difficulty in comprehending language, understanding concepts and internalizing ideas. So often did I have that glazed over look in the classroom that my teachers nicknamed me ...
Posted in Sambo, parenting, culture, courage, challenges, language, dyslexia, education, inspiration, kids, children, pediatric, learning, martial art, empowerment, success | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
As my children continue to sprout, I find myself focused on sharing with them the essential skills which I believe a self-sufficient adult should master. These are low-tech, perennial disciplines which I intend to offer my family. And as a obese, under-privileged, mentally and physically challenged child, I dreamed of ...
Posted in Familial, Physical, leadership, education, parenting, cooking, hunting, gardening, boating, public speaking, awareness, kids, children, energy, yoga, pediatric, learning, martial art, green environment, healing, exercise | 7 Comments »
Friday, June 27th, 2008
In this month's issue of Australia's Premier Law Enforcement Magazine, RESPONSE AUSTRALIA, one of the participants of my Force-Responsive Subject-Control (FRSC) workshops in Brisbane, Doug Nicholson - an incredible professional who is advancing the support, information sharing and communication between law enforcement personnel worldwide - published a review of his ...
Posted in nauli, education, compassion, heart, kickboxing, weight loss, Blogroll, health club, anaerobic, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
In an interview for American Mensa The High IQ Society Magazine, I was asked how I managed to create this life-empowering system of personal transformation.
The violent years of my childhood has allowed me to help others who feel trapped, persecuted and deprecated. I haven’t shared this story publicly before because ...
Posted in theatre, motivation, freedom, writing, Physical, Vocational, parenting, Mental, Spiritual, education, public speaking, back pain, pain-free, learning, children, fear, empowerment, inspiration, martial art, honesty, success | 8 Comments »
