tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17982711507693448322024-03-13T21:38:48.010-07:00All-Star Family CenterD'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-23246784464871837972014-02-26T17:56:00.002-08:002014-02-26T18:55:22.541-08:00SUMO MOSES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For EDU 106 students. Cynthia Rahming used a number of strategies and tactics in this match to win against a very able opponent from India at the 2010 Youth Olympics. Use what you have learned in class to date as well as the principles of war SUMO MOSES to explain her win in 250 words or less.</div>
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Based on the video Budo that you saw in class in about 250 words name some of the Japanese martial arts and tell the differences between them.</div>
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D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-90082754489675505742013-02-26T05:51:00.001-08:002013-02-26T05:52:24.022-08:00Bahamas Judo History from 2004Bahamas Judo has a proud history that can be divided in two eras. Prior to 2004 and after 2004. This was a time when Modern Judo concepts were introduced and Bahamians entered the international scene.<br />
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What are your impressions of the Bahamas developmental cycle?D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-3553180489607367112013-02-15T06:11:00.002-08:002013-02-15T06:11:59.157-08:00The Gokyo - Throws of JudoSo what is your favorite Judo throwing technique and which one do you think matches your body type and why?<br />
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Judo has perfected the art of throwing a resisting adversary on his back. In this video, Neil Adams, 8th degree Black Belt World Champion and two time silver medalist demonstrates 40 throwing techniques of Judo and gives competition examples for many. This is an excellent resource for anyone to have.<br />
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Mastery of throwing is very important in todays Judo.These throws demonstrate a fundamental understanding of balance, timing, speed and power. These 40 throws were chosen by Judo Masters in this order for teaching purposes. Most Judo Federations including the Bahamas Judo Federation use these techniques as a part of the requirement for advancing in rank.</div>
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Competition Judo has recently shed many of the influences of wrestling and gone back to these fundamental Judo techniques. Judo is once again an exciting and dynamic throwing sport. Now we also have the advent of Judo on TV and youtube.</div>
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The Bahamas Open on April 6 will be an exciting event. We are looking forward to meeting and greeting all competitors.</div>
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<br />D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-48165606630496464162013-02-08T04:46:00.003-08:002013-09-18T01:50:41.469-07:00Judo UnbalanceHow the body maintains balance is key to understand how to throw someone with maximum efficiency. The Judo masters developed the eight points of unbalance as a teaching tool so anyone could master this concept. Shinan Pereira, Miyama Ryu Founder, studied with the old masters and passed down this teaching.
I have added some details which I found to help students grasp the concepts better, but my explanations are similar.<br />
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The Body is like a block of wood. It can be tipped in 8 different directions to achieve unbalance. To practice these positions picture a person standing with both feet forward and parallel and no wider than shoulder width apart.
The first unbalance is directly forward. Have the Student (Uke) lean forward towards his toes until he must stumble. The second is directly back. Now have the Uke lean backwards until he is on his heels.<br />
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Third is directly to the right side. Now have the Uke lean until he is on the side of his right foot, eventually he will stumble. Fourth is to the left side and now the Uke leans on the side of his left foot until he eventually stumbles.
The fifth unbalance is to step forward with your right leg. Now have the Uke lean and bend his right knee. He will NOT fall or stumble. Now have him move his head toward his belt. When his head reaches the center of his body he will stumble as his weight comes forward on his toes. This is called the right front corner.<br />
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Now have lean backwards on his right foot. Again he will not fall. But by moving his head to the center he will stumble. This sixth point is called the right rear corner.
The seventh unbalance point is a repeat of the fifth with the left leg forward and leaning forward to the left front corner and the eighth point is a repeat of the the sixth to the left rear corner. And now the fun begins.
Have the Uke (receiver) attack the Tori (doer) with his feet in all of the eight positions. It is here that the Tori must now discover exactly how to move. For a practical example, take a look at the video. Let me know of any comments you may have about this exercise, including any different ways you may know of how to tweak it or make unbalancing more understandable. D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-49001920689685177372010-10-19T04:22:00.000-07:002010-10-19T04:24:23.193-07:00Thank You.. You Saved My Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I received a call during the height of the Iraq war from Iraq.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">It was a former student of mine. A US army Officer. He had </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">called me to tell me "Thank you....You saved my Life."</span></div><div><br /></div><div>He then went on to recount how he led a raid on a house,</div><div>after shots were fired at his command unit from the house during</div><div> a routine patrol.</div><div><br /></div><div>He was the first man in and when he kicked the door down, he found </div><div>himself with a rifle pressing against his neck.</div><div><br /></div><div>He immediately assessed the situation and saw a very nervous</div><div>man, behind the man were a couple of women and the realization</div><div>hit.... They were in the Wrong House. This was a father defending </div><div>his family.</div><div><br /></div><div>The problem was his team was right behind him and all they </div><div>knew was someone had put an AK47 to his head. He quickly </div><div>disarmed the man using a technique that I had taught him</div><div>then stood between him, his two wives and 17 children so </div><div>that they would not be shot by his very worried team.</div><div><br /></div><div>======</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Over my 25 years of teaching I have heard "Thank you...</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">You saved my life" many, many times. From police officers</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">to women who avoided violence.</span></div><div>======</div><div><br /></div><div>My Father used to say "It's not boasting if you are telling the</div><div>truth." So I say this to you.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I am one of the best in the the world in the field of self-protection.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I am an internationally recognized expert, author of books and DVDs,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Head of an international Jujitsu system, and a sought after Seminar </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">instructor.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>In fact if you can find someone with my qualifications in the Bahamas </div><div>I will personally pay for your lessons.</div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Let me help you to Stop Living in Fear</span></div><div><a href="http://stoplivinginfear.blogspot.com/p/12-free-videos.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click here for 12 free videos on Self Protection</a></div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I am offering 30 days </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">FREE</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> for my kickboxing/jujitsu/ self defense course.</span></div><div>The course meets Tuesday 7:15 - 9 pm and Saturdays 12 noon to 1 pm </div><div>at my Headquarters on Joe Farrington Road. </div><div><br /></div><div>What are you waiting for?</div><div><br /></div><div>All the best to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>God Bless.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Professor D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Trainer of Life Champions</div><div>Youth Olympian and Pan American Medalists</div><div><a href="http://www.allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.allstarbahamas.blogspot.<wbr>com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. You don't need to be in shape to start and you don't need any experience.</div><div>We now have an 82 year old woman practicing with one of my Instructors:-)</div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-30389611469153673932010-10-15T08:06:00.001-07:002010-10-15T08:13:46.801-07:00Upcoming Grappling Tournaments<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIWSUdlmBTBeiweIJQcp3brNCBki_mFSKlspmY5x6eWPu1cuxf5l-o5_MXs9bVee8eIuM1oUIvNsIdqk1M_UEiMO2JmffvhedBjQKjldZgiXLyh2wfUFTa1l4bXq9-y85Jf2_C7Trixo/s1600/DSC_0645.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIWSUdlmBTBeiweIJQcp3brNCBki_mFSKlspmY5x6eWPu1cuxf5l-o5_MXs9bVee8eIuM1oUIvNsIdqk1M_UEiMO2JmffvhedBjQKjldZgiXLyh2wfUFTa1l4bXq9-y85Jf2_C7Trixo/s200/DSC_0645.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528290656425981554" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">All Star Family Centre will be holding 2 judo ground grappling tournaments before the end of the year.<br /><br />The dates are: Oct 30 and Nov 27.<br /><br /><div>Time: 5-8pm<br /><br />Where: Xavier's Lower School Hall</div><div><br /></div><div>Ages: 3 to adult<br /><br /><div>Cost: $25</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The theme for the first tournament is: Winning with Positions and Pins. </div><div>The theme for the second tournament is: Ne waza (grappling)</div><div><br /></div><div><div>More details will follow.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sensei D'Arcy Rahming<br /></div></div></div></div><div><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. These are not Bahamas Judo Federation tournaments, so other grappling and wrestling schools are welcome to participate.</div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-61818943154047077532010-10-14T11:21:00.001-07:002010-10-14T11:27:04.391-07:00How to Create a Desire to Achieve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29nsNURRMX0F8qnM50d8nFPl7tSA0_SBqCFfhzQlm8YtGhpzHmO6xNM1162ZqC9u8cLeFEDcSedw1eTrbYLZWXzI4go-xfHellJNiCvQ0rzPQ-VYnlPwRjkL7xuUCSzdbIgwGcblTIG0/s1600/IMG_9517.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29nsNURRMX0F8qnM50d8nFPl7tSA0_SBqCFfhzQlm8YtGhpzHmO6xNM1162ZqC9u8cLeFEDcSedw1eTrbYLZWXzI4go-xfHellJNiCvQ0rzPQ-VYnlPwRjkL7xuUCSzdbIgwGcblTIG0/s200/IMG_9517.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527969523914055666" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Many people tell me that they can't get their kids motivated to do</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">anything</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet they continue to "reward" this behavior by catering to </div><div>every whim of the child. Even in some cases to compromising</div><div>their own ethics and standards to provide material rewards.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then they look around and wonder "what happened?" when the kid</div><div>turns out to be a loser.</div><div><br /></div><div>======</div><div>Tip #1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Put your kid into situations that challenge him and take him outside</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">of his comfort zone.</span></div><div>======</div><div><br /></div><div>I just watched this documentary on the Kids boxing program in Cuba. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrB_dHQzg0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click Here to see the Video.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>This video inspired me and made me realize that our Judo program in </div><div>the Bahamas is on track. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am not suggesting we in the Bahamas adopt this Cuban model at all. </div><div>I do NOT believe that separating kids from their parents, keeping them </div><div>under-nourished and focused primarily on one thing only will create a </div><div>balanced person.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nor do I believe that having a kid play video games and watch TV for</div><div>hours a day (separating them from their parents), feeding them junk </div><div>food (under-nourishing them) and focusing only on whether they </div><div>are getting good grades in academics (focusing them only on the </div><div>intellectual) will create a balanced person either.</div><div><br /></div><div>This seems to be the <b>new Bahamian model</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The Mystics of all religions understood this common thing: </div><div><br /></div><div>=======</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Great poverty and great wealth have the same impact on the </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">human Spirit.</span></div><div>=======</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">One of these impacts is a lack of desire to achieve</span>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>May I suggest a third way. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Put your kid in a physical activity that challenges </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">him and places him way beyond his physical and mental capabilities.</span> Preferably</div><div> an Olympic sport that he can master given enough time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course I am biased as to what that activity should be. That is why I teach </div><div>the martial arts. </div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click here for a schedule of my classes.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>I was an adult before I realized that not everyone wanted to</div><div>better their circumstances. It took me a long time to realize</div><div>that most people were happy right where they were. And that</div><div>people measure success differently.</div><div><br /></div>Indeed, being comfortable in your circumstances can bring a <div>sense of peace.<div><div><br /></div></div><div>Unfortunately this can also be a great negative. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Many people satisfy with average and are comfortable just getting</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">by. The problem with that is average today means that you are on</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the bottom.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><b>Aim to achieve.</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>God Bless.</div><div><br /></div><div>Professor D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Trainer of Life Champions,</div><div>Youth Olympian and Pan American</div><div>Medalists</div><div><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. I am convinced that our Elite Competition Judo Team Model </div><div>is superior to that of most countries. Consider enrolling and/or </div><div>upgrading your kids to the Elite Team.</div><div><a href="http://judobahamas.blogspot.com/p/national-team-minimum-fitness-standards.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click Here for More Information on the Elite Team</a></div><div><br /></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-38075596576165320762010-10-13T04:27:00.000-07:002010-10-13T04:35:30.633-07:00Why Just Telling a Kid to Toughen Up is NOT Enough to Stop Bullies...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHP8uuAG34MwGrFyPDoz7UmdcbUHqW-_l_8M3tD7qDtqjC3Ye2tr3iT4KVLOBNKAPn9z2MzL9eGlRBKm1a6IcfXi87Ibg8yNcJW2OixgtxoknJILCwDYmpaIUyLfPvPj1vKunvw_Yg3A/s1600/DSC_0303.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHP8uuAG34MwGrFyPDoz7UmdcbUHqW-_l_8M3tD7qDtqjC3Ye2tr3iT4KVLOBNKAPn9z2MzL9eGlRBKm1a6IcfXi87Ibg8yNcJW2OixgtxoknJILCwDYmpaIUyLfPvPj1vKunvw_Yg3A/s200/DSC_0303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527492844099384898" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Bullying is often done in secret.</span><div><br /><div>That is why the wrong kid sometimes get the blame.</div><div>I know of instances where a kid has been mentally and</div><div>physically tortured by other kids and decided to finally </div><div>retaliate violently.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then the kid was disciplined by the school for being overly </div><div>aggressive in his response to what appeared to be a minor problem.</div><div><br /></div><div>That is why <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I do not believe in these zero tolerance policies</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The WHOLE situation must be examined.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also know of parents who have threatened little kids who are</div><div>bullying their kids with violence, because they know that they </div><div>are making life a living hell for their child.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not condoning this type of behavior... NEVER. But I do</div><div>understand how it could get to this point.</div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div>Tip #1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Just TELLING a kid to stand up for himself is not enough</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">to deter bullies and rarely works</span>.</div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div>Often times kids can't stand up. There is something in the</div><div>way the bully has set things up that makes the bullied person </div><div>feel that he has no power to make a change in this situation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Remember <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">bullying begins with an imbalance of power</span>. Two against </div><div>one, a more accepted social group, a larger kid, etc.... These are </div><div>all ways that power manifests itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>If it starts with an imbalance of power. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">a successful plan must first</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">correct the imbalance.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes it is the bullied person's emotional and psychological </div><div>make up that makes it difficult for them to react to the threat.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes it is the school environment itself, as the bullied kid does</div><div>not believe adults can or will help them. Why? Because previous cries </div><div>for help have been ignored or the bully has been allowed to create</div><div>this type of perception.</div><div><br /></div><div>So what should be the first step to correct this imbalance. </div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div>Tip #2</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Identify what is causing the imbalance of power and move to</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">shift the power back in the favor of the bullied person.</span> </div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div>As a parent, you may have to pick your child up from school at an</div><div>earlier time to deny the bully access to your child.</div><div><br /></div><div>You might have to enroll your child in self defense classes</div><div>to increase his confidence.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>I repeat. It is often NOT as simple as saying, "Oh, toughen up kid!" </div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">If you want him to get tougher, you have to give him the tools to be so</span>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>You may have to visit the child's teacher or visit the bully's parents. </div><div>What do you say? </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">No matter what the situation, unless there is an imminent physical threat</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">with no persons of Authority available to step in, direct violence should </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">be the </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">LAST</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> step in trying to solve the problem and it may only make the </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">situation worse.</span> </div><div><br /></div><div>Therefore the kid's personal plan should begin with what is called <b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">VERBAL</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">JUDO</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll talk about verbal Judo and why I think it is a good starting point</div><div>in the next article.</div><div><br /></div><div>God Bless.</div><div><br /></div><div>Professor D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Trainer of Life Champions,</div><div>Youth Olympians and Pan Am Medalist.</div><div><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>P.S.</div><div>Any plan must involve increasing the student's confidence.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click Here for a Schedule of my classes.</a></div></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-18302629818230030492010-10-12T03:26:00.001-07:002010-10-12T03:30:04.570-07:00How to Make Sure That Your Child Can Handle A Bully<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBDpQAub5h_QVFUiSugLZJVx_275SE7XDEghXxqUp2palwf9mS2UVcA6go9pqtgeBdJhcKfjj9YoOfq8FGKDUYBOh5fNG3tk5hCOoVbRy9OcZerWPXJG2_OWafLt366SDmm3mOv2nATA/s1600/DSC_0173.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBDpQAub5h_QVFUiSugLZJVx_275SE7XDEghXxqUp2palwf9mS2UVcA6go9pqtgeBdJhcKfjj9YoOfq8FGKDUYBOh5fNG3tk5hCOoVbRy9OcZerWPXJG2_OWafLt366SDmm3mOv2nATA/s200/DSC_0173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527104437487572594" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Age 5 to 11 is a great time to start MMA Judo</span>.<div><br /></div><div>Part 2 of what is the best age to start MMA Judo.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's this age that the kids begin to learn specific skills of </div><div>self defense and self confidence.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's also usually here that the kids either become bullies, </div><div>bystanders or the bullied...</div><div><br /></div><div>I've had to counsel kids in all of these categories.</div><div><br /></div><div>I can tell you from personal experience being in any of these </div><div>categories can be pretty devastating to a kid.</div><div><br /></div><div>======</div><div>Tip #1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Anyone can be bullied. </span></div><div>======</div><div><br /></div><div>First of all let's define bullying so we put the right solution</div><div>to the right problem.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Bullying has four components to it:</span></div><div><ol><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">an imbalance of power</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">threats of further aggression</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">an intent to harm</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the above three points lead to terror</span></li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>And I do mean terror. Some kids being bullied will </div><div>avoid going to school. Kids will begin to wet their beds, </div><div>grades will drop.</div><div><br /></div><div>If your kid is a bully, YOU are going to suffer because you</div><div>will find yourself in the Principal's office defending this </div><div>kid over and over again or worse at the Police station.</div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div>Tip #2</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Confidence is the beginning of being able to avoid a bully</span>.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes.</a></div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div>I have many examples of students who were being bullied</div><div>then developed the confidence to put a plan into action and</div><div>stop the bullying, when even the adults around seemed to be</div><div>at a loss of what to do. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the next part I am going to talk with you about how bullying </div><div>takes place and why the wrong kid is often punished.</div><div><br /></div><div>God Bless.</div><div><br /></div><div>Professor D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Trainer of Life Champions, </div><div>Youth Olympian and Pan American Medalists</div><div><br /></div><div>p.s.</div><div><br /></div><div>Get everyone in the family involved.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-26037444710309517872010-10-08T09:47:00.000-07:002010-10-08T09:52:02.806-07:00How to Develop Mental Toughness - Part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnbu1uAGnP7RSb71y-0Yw2T9zSCKa2Rs1rMkuwBXUSb1skP6A5t7t0DPwug2peXxlZFhex4D9p83C9cUx1GIOBmF1oZ2BH7lBi_sAH7xvziY7esgIbhyrwoCKdlR9kUKs955ipLOtT88/s1600/history1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnbu1uAGnP7RSb71y-0Yw2T9zSCKa2Rs1rMkuwBXUSb1skP6A5t7t0DPwug2peXxlZFhex4D9p83C9cUx1GIOBmF1oZ2BH7lBi_sAH7xvziY7esgIbhyrwoCKdlR9kUKs955ipLOtT88/s200/history1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525718564372064066" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">I once saw my Judo teacher cry....</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">It was during the time he was talking about an experience </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">he had in World War II. He was telling me about how he </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">lost a lot of friends to a Japanese sniper who displayed </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">incredible toughness by taking on impossible odds... </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">They threw everything they had at this guy until....well you</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">know what happens during a war.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The mental toughness of this unknown enemy soldier was </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">one of the reasons my teacher went to Japan to learn martial </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">arts and therefore in some strange way I owe the knowledge </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">of martial arts transferred from my teacher to his unknown enemy.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">My teacher taught thousands of people and so have I. Mental</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">toughness is indeed contagious.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Tip #2</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Mental Toughness can only be developed through troubled times.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Many people crumble at the first sign of trouble. That's why society</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">is falling apart. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">If it is not easy, most people simply quit and move on to </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the next thing. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Parents condone this behavior by making constant excuses for their</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">children. They want the child's life to be pain free. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Unfortunately without</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">a struggle there can be no growth.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">In my martial art classes I create a safe form of "trouble" to allow the kids</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">to learn how to become <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">mentally</span> tough. I often have kids spar with kids </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">just a little larger or more experienced than them as part of the training. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">The larger kid is always told not to hurt the smaller one, but not to allow </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">him to win.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Sometimes the smaller kid will cry in frustration. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I never stop the action unless there is a physical injury. And physical</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">injuries are VERY VERY rare. But emotional frustration is common.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> I let the kid fight through the tears. After </span>a while the kid stops crying </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">and continues to spar because he has to. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Quitting is not an option.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Usually he feels accomplished afterward because he didn’t quit. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">The</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">student </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">leaves class on a high because he knows he is tougher than </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">when he entered.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">My hope is that when he encounters a problem in his job or marriage </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">or church life that he won't quit because he knows it will not kill him </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and that <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the goal is worth the struggle</span>.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All the best to you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sensei D’Arcy Rahming</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">9th degree Black Belt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Internationally renowned Author</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">p.s. October is a great month to start classes.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><div><br /></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-20895692069686607932010-10-07T07:07:00.000-07:002010-10-07T18:36:38.727-07:00Why Are We So Mentally Soft?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHR1yhlLSzG9B7wTcAxC8kKU-bV3Voz85vlvAjaIigdftFaID9aIHkH9SCoKx6_RuhxqhYtpvwML-UYVInzWreXao3JnosX1sxR3gkhjSdZX5TieyepRVQVp_WybQk6EVDgcRIFOqEGI/s1600/DSC_0228.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHR1yhlLSzG9B7wTcAxC8kKU-bV3Voz85vlvAjaIigdftFaID9aIHkH9SCoKx6_RuhxqhYtpvwML-UYVInzWreXao3JnosX1sxR3gkhjSdZX5TieyepRVQVp_WybQk6EVDgcRIFOqEGI/s200/DSC_0228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525307050141127986" border="0" /></a><br />Part 1 - How to Develop Mental Toughness.<br /><br />I sometimes have the students say positive affirmations<br />during class. “A winner never quits and a quitter never wins!”<br />is my favorite one because it speaks to mental toughness.<br /><br />Fact: At some point in life, things are going to get tough. It<br />does not matter your level of wealth, fitness or health... at<br />some point in life the thing that you value most is going to be<br />challenged and then you are going to find out who you<br />really are.<br /><br />My job as Sensei is to prepare you for that tough time... to<br />give you the tools you need so that you do not crumble when<br />others need you to be strong.<br /><br />And to make sure that these skills are transferrable to situations<br />other than the martial arts.<br /><br />I’ve been teaching since 1987 and I’ve had many experiences<br />in building mental toughness. When I see my students toughening<br />up I know I’m doing a great job and it's also nice when someone<br />comes and tells me that my teaching helped them or their kid.<br /><br />Click here for video<br /><br />=====<br />Tip #1<br />Mental toughness begins with having a clear goal<br />=====<br /><br />In war colleges, they call this the Principle of the Objective.<br />Simply put - stay focused on what you are trying to accomplish,<br />despite the obstacles that will come your way.<br /><br />So here is my formula to help develop mental toughness in students.<br /><br />Set a goal slightly beyond reach, identify what is stopping you mentally<br />from achieving the goal, design drills with obstacles to help you<br />eliminate the mental barriers.<br />click here for a schedule of my classes<br /><br />In part 2 Well talk about the importance of tears.<br /><br />All the best to you.<br /><br />Sensei D’Arcy Rahming<br />9th degree Black Belt<br />Internationally renowned Author<br />www.mmabahamas.com<br />p.s. October is a great month to start classes.<br />click here for a schedule of my classesD'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-56371836922322331322010-09-29T05:37:00.001-07:002010-09-29T05:42:44.168-07:00Good Drills Involve Mind, Body and Emotional State<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaPZ8_5alH_9jPGTWxTp8RfGIHFZn-idsm1txAI9B0vt1e-q9np5GNwsWOTDKkWmwLMLi-7g2W2fmOV0HoJsezJF_69Y2PT5S32Tc1c4p6zxAGmpsFmmO0XqjIdpKKoS6eY4aL4Lf8IM/s1600/P9170045.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaPZ8_5alH_9jPGTWxTp8RfGIHFZn-idsm1txAI9B0vt1e-q9np5GNwsWOTDKkWmwLMLi-7g2W2fmOV0HoJsezJF_69Y2PT5S32Tc1c4p6zxAGmpsFmmO0XqjIdpKKoS6eY4aL4Lf8IM/s200/P9170045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522314886708797298" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Part 3 on How to Develop Self-Discipline<div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Drills for self discipline can give you the tools for success.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">But only <b>CORRECTLY</b> developed drills that look at the <b>MIND</b>, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><b>BODY</b> and <b>EMOTIONAL</b> state really improve a person's character.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's take some practical examples, physical drills only develop </div><div>skills, that is why you can have very corrupt military and </div><div>police. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mental drills deal with the intellect and that is why you can </div><div>have a guy who is a genius in Math or Academics, be a </div><div>complete loser when it comes to dealing with human beings.</div><div><br /></div><div>Emotional drills that deal with what we call the "spirit" of an </div><div>individual, and I am not talking religion per se here, can still</div><div>lead to people in Authority who abuse their office.</div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div>Tip #1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">A successful drill for self discipline must first assess the </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">needs of the individual.</span></div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">click here for a schedule of my classes.</a></div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's take a practical example:</div><div><br /></div><div>My challenge is to teach a thirty something white collar worker </div><div>whose goal is to find the discipline to get in shape while losing </div><div>some weight and learning self defense.</div><div><br /></div><div>Any drills designed on the physical side must use time so that </div><div>the individual can work at their own pace. In other words, punching</div><div>a pad for 3 minutes is different than executing 200 punches within</div><div>3 minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div>The drill must take into account the person's mental state. Drills</div><div>must be explained patiently so that the person is aware how to</div><div>perform the drill correctly. Some people require more explanation</div><div>than others.</div><div><br /></div><div>The emotional state is key. If the person has just had a brutal</div><div>day at the office, care must be taken to be encouraging and </div><div>making the experience as positive as possible so that the </div><div>person will be excited to come back.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">You can't have self discipline without a lot of repetition.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>May I suggest that you try one of our classes, find the right one</div><div>for you that fits your schedule. Here is a video of what the classes</div><div>are like.</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzzdid8ZJIo" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click here for video</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And here is the schedule for the classes.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click here for the schedule</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the Part 4 I will talk about the need to find the right teacher</div><div>or coach.</div><div><br /></div><div>All the best to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sensei D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Internationally Renowned Author</div><div><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. </div><div>I am launching a Mother/Daughter 8 week course for the month of October.</div><div>It will be great fun.</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJtrVc4jT8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Click Here for the Video</a></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-120602680783926812010-09-28T05:52:00.001-07:002010-09-28T05:57:39.143-07:00How to Develop Skills of Self Discipline - Part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2s4pvc3J2ctFfLwSMs8iCRq0LGvpoBPh8Rwz-8iTio3-fQm79s8RmCfaYSfmc9xRMOQw1oHBwiLv6z6Z9GfWfVsGvdHJHMsGogMn_qYx0zxu2BsTANI08en3z6Ks98paJyI5JV4kh6w/s1600/Tajaro+Sweep.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2s4pvc3J2ctFfLwSMs8iCRq0LGvpoBPh8Rwz-8iTio3-fQm79s8RmCfaYSfmc9xRMOQw1oHBwiLv6z6Z9GfWfVsGvdHJHMsGogMn_qYx0zxu2BsTANI08en3z6Ks98paJyI5JV4kh6w/s200/Tajaro+Sweep.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521947757910005154" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Drills are the best way to instill discipline.</span><div>Drilling something means you do it over and</div><div>over again. You do it until it becomes muscle</div><div>memory, emotional memory, and deep in the</div><div>intellect.</div><div><br /></div><div>When we think of drilling we think of the military,</div><div>but its actually a lot more simpler than that.</div><div>An example of a drill is having a kid say "good </div><div>morning" or "good afternoon." </div><div><br /></div><div>This means that the kid recognizes other people</div><div>and respects that another human is in the room.</div><div><br /></div><div>======</div><div>Tip # 1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Discipline must be taught and cultivated</span></div><div>======</div><div><br /></div><div>Just like a garden many kids are growing like</div><div>wild weeds. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">As parent, you are the Gardener</span></div><div>and MMA Judo programs like mine are the water </div><div>that you pour on the plants.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Discipline must be practiced until it becomes</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">second nature</span>. This does not mean drilling can't be fun.</div><div>Indeed the mark of a good teacher is the</div><div>ability to disguise repetition. </div><div><br /></div><div>Kids have to be able to transfer the skills that they </div><div>learn to other areas of their life. It is of no use for a kid </div><div>to be a champion in the ring and a loser in life. </div><div><br /></div><div>That is why the All Star Judo programs</div><div>have a holistic approach so that the parents, the </div><div>school, and the dojo (gym) all reinforce the same </div><div>messages.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click Here for a schedule of my classes.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>In the next part, I will talk more about how successful</div><div>drills must effect the physical state, the emotional state </div><div>and the intellectual state of an individual in order</div><div>to be effective.</div><div><br /></div><div>All the best to you.</div><div><br /></div><div>D'Arcy Rahming</div><div>9th degree Black Belt</div><div>Internationally Renowned Author</div><div><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>p.s. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a some great get in shape classes for adults</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here to see the schedule</a></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-17605447004793845802010-09-27T08:34:00.000-07:002010-09-27T08:39:00.636-07:00How to Develop Skills of Self-Discipline - Part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5xfgCM43cTxKKjUPm6BZPZBVUmokzlliRHszaxZU0My7OlfMtiVO-G5adj5ri31RYQA53Vs6IXBxD4G9ZnHBxdqQQOnLmtv7gWZyYUJ6iazor79-vCUzMPwJ2sJs1qPeMx4oDCkN9P4/s1600/Nathan+attacks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5xfgCM43cTxKKjUPm6BZPZBVUmokzlliRHszaxZU0My7OlfMtiVO-G5adj5ri31RYQA53Vs6IXBxD4G9ZnHBxdqQQOnLmtv7gWZyYUJ6iazor79-vCUzMPwJ2sJs1qPeMx4oDCkN9P4/s200/Nathan+attacks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521617523747848386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">FACT</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">: A person with good self-discipline will ALWAYS </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">be more successful than a person who lacks self-discipline.</span></div><div>Anyway that you measure success, this is true...</div><div><br /></div><div>After teaching thousands of people in several countries</div><div>for the past 25 years or so, I have developed some clear</div><div>thoughts on this subject.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have developed a successful method of teaching self-discipline.</div><div>My students, both male and female range from ages 3 to 75.</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for testimonials</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>=====</div><div>Tip #1</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Self-discipline </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">MUST</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> be taught.</span> Very few people possess</div><div>this as a gift. It is a skill that must be learned. </div><div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></div></div><div>=====</div><div><br /></div><div>But first let's get a definition.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Discipline by Webster's definition is to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">educate; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">to develop </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">by </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">instruction and exercise; to train.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">That is why most people think of discipline as providing </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">punishment to correct a behavior. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">It is also why when people talk about discipline they are</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">often talking about it being applied to someone else.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">There seems to be <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">two main reasons that people come</span><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">to me for martial arts lessons: self-defense or to help </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">them become more disciplined</span>.</div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">My job is fortunately more positive. As a teacher, my job </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">is to get a student </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">to discover his own learning style and </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">how to stick with a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">concept until he reaches some </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">predetermined </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">goal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">That's why my school is called</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> "The School of Self-Discipline."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">I will have done my job if the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">student has </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">learned enough </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">self-discipline to transfer </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">the skills learned </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">at the school (dojo)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">to other parts of his or her life.</span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">In Part 2 - I will talk about why drills are the best way to become</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">self-disciplined.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">All the best to you.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">Sensei D'Arcy Rahming</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">9th degree Black Belt</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; ">Internationally Renowned Author and Seminar Leader</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></span></div><div>p.s.</div><div>Check out our MMA/Kickboxing/Jiujitsu classes</div><div><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here to see video</a></div><div><br /></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-54282223693624974412010-09-24T07:49:00.000-07:002010-09-24T07:57:00.129-07:00How Extracurricula Activities Can Get Your Kids into the Best Universities<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLFdKJ5F0lPQkgmrNOs4OHeomROnFQmRr2-mT6a_qI6eHZ1kYI2AgsuzQv4h6JYDUfYKP8K0ke8-jVSmHtIc5n9dXBn8Dv6FcCws-IGcpPiFuCT-Ga6lzR06f2UBdugve4aY_XuVq8dE/s1600/Tajaro+throw+Duet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLFdKJ5F0lPQkgmrNOs4OHeomROnFQmRr2-mT6a_qI6eHZ1kYI2AgsuzQv4h6JYDUfYKP8K0ke8-jVSmHtIc5n9dXBn8Dv6FcCws-IGcpPiFuCT-Ga6lzR06f2UBdugve4aY_XuVq8dE/s200/Tajaro+throw+Duet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520492699663375586" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">FACT</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">: Top universities today have difficulty determining who are the candidates</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">that will add the most to their student body. Successful applicants</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">need more than just good grades.</span> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">======</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Universities KNOW that life skills are developed outside of the classroom </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and measured by your success in Extracurricular Activities.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">======</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">But then the question "Which activity should my child be required to master?"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Tip #4</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Put your child in a </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">NON</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> </span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">TEAM</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> activity that they can have at least regional level </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">success in. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">This looks <b>REALLY</b> good on a college application. Make sure it is</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">an individual sport and not a team sport, so the child can </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">really stand out.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I realize that signing up a short kid for basketball, an overweight kid </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">for soccer, a highly uncoordinated kid for baseball because they LIKE</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">it is important for the emotional well being of the child. And peace in </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">the house.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">But they have no realistic future in these highly competitive sports.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I chose the martial arts for myself because I was not particularly fast</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and not too strong. But yet I went on to be a world renowned expert, </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">international seminar leader and a Karate champion.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I later turned this into a career where I develop champions in the martial </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">arts. They say charity begins at home, so the first champions I developed</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">were my children.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All three wanted to quit by age 15, and all three won championships up</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">to regional levels and the last one even won a match at the Youth Olympics.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSGNeMIk7so">Click here to see Cynthia's Heroic Journey</a></span><span>.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Two of my kids are now at top Universities in part because they were </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">national and regional champions in the sport of Judo.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">My kids are also pioneers in the sport because not everyone plays Judo,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">so it was easier to make national teams and win national tournaments.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Because it is an individual sport, it is easier to win at an international level</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">because you are not dependent on an entire team.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Imagine if I had tried to get the same result with basketball. LOL!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All the best to you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Regards,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sensei D'Arcy Rahming</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">9th Degree Black Belt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Internationally renowned author</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.mmabahamas.com</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">P.S. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Martial arts are about finding a way to win, so regardless of your</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">size, height or strength you can still become a champion. Get </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">your kid registered today.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-35800315626603503252010-09-23T06:57:00.000-07:002010-09-23T06:59:40.737-07:00Why Better Grades are Not Enough to Succeed in Life....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Part 3 of Why Extra Curricula Activities May be More Important </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">than Academics</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">=====</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Introduction</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">=====</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">A lot of people </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">believe the major problem facing our country</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span>today is crime....</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I believe <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the major problem is the inability to </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">work together</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">while respecting each other's dignity</span>, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and this causes the crime, </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span>poor attitudes and the lack of a work ethic!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">For the most part we are simply not competitive on an </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">international level and we actually believe we can solve</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">this problem by people getting better grades in Math and </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">English.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Let's be honest - in Math and English a person's </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">character </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span>is a secondary issue to getting the answer’s correct on a test.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The hope for academics is that you will develop the ability</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">to reason by mastering the core subjects. But good school</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span>systems have begun to recognize that <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">you must develop the</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "><b><u>whole</u></b> person: intellect, physical education (P.E) and </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">emotional state.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The truth is when it comes time for job and social advancement, </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the ability to get along with others is far more important in most</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">cases than how "smart" you are.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">By the way, I am an Academic. I am a Lecturer at COB</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and I have a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">and a Master’s in Management from Northwestern </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">University (one of the world’s top business schools).</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Yet I choose to teach Martial Arts for a career, because</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">it is where I believe I can make my greatest contribution.</span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tip # 3</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Treat extra curricula activities with the </span><b><u><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">SAME VALUE</span></u></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); "> that</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">you treat the core academic subjects.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">=====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">The Martial Arts provide a complete PE system that also </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">focuses on the intellect and the emotional state.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Judo for example was created by one of Japan's leading</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">educators </span>as a <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">tool for personal development</span> to address</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">in part the shortcomings of non physical academics.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">In Part 4, I will discuss why straight A's alone are unlikely </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">to get you into the college of your choice or the job that </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; ">you desire.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All the best to you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sensei D’Arcy Rahming</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">9th degree Black Belt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Trainer of Olympians and Life Champions</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">Click here for my private class schedules</a>.</p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">PS (Please pass this on to others who you know will</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">benefit from these tips.)</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-37619143187135253202010-09-22T04:45:00.000-07:002010-09-22T04:47:23.813-07:00If You Let Your Kids Quit They Will Hate you For it Later...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: small; ">Part 2 of Why Extra Curricula Activities May be More Important </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: small; ">than Academics.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px; font-size: small; ">=====</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">If you let your kid quit</span> the extra curricula activity that you</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">want for them when it gets tough or boring, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">the kid will blame </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">you for it later</span>. </span>This is a fact.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span>=====</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Kids that I taught in primary school are now taking my class in</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">College. Many of them say the exact same things “ I wish my</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Mom (Dad) had not let me quit. I would be a Black Belt by now.” </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Worse for me is counseling a young person who says their</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">parents were afraid to be parents</span> and instead let them do what </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">they </span>wanted, and now they are leading a life of average. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Which as we all know average today is a life on the bottom.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Read the book <i><b><u>Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters</u></b> </i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px; ">Margaret J. Meeker MD) </span>and it will </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">give you the scientific evidence of what I am telling you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b><u>In the case of girls</u></b> they are apparently just testing you to </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">see if they are worth fighting for. They are not necessarily</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">rebelling against the activity. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b><u>In the case of guys</u></b> many of them do not want to be </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">interrupted in what they are doing now. For example,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">if they are watching TV or playing a video game, it is </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">not that they do not want to go to practice, it is more</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">that you are breaking their pattern of thought.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Kids need balance and structure from <b><u>YOU</u></b></span>.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><b><u>Tip #2</u></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">Let the kid know that they can quit the activity you want</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">for them when they turn 18. </span>Then set shorter term yearly</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">goals for them within the activity.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here for a schedule of my classes</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">====</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51); ">This really, really works.</span> They will feel more in control. And </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">guess what... by time they hit 18 the activity will be a part </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">of their character and they won’t want to quit. Because they</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">will actually be experts by then.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">In part 3 I will discuss how extra curricula activities and not</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">academics are the cure for the poor attitudes and the lack</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">of work ethic in our society.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All the best.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sensei D’Arcy Rahming</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">9th degree Black Belt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Trainer of Olympians and Life Champions</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here for a schedule of my classes</a></p><div><br /></div></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-4870107239378487712010-09-20T06:41:00.000-07:002010-09-20T06:43:40.853-07:00Why Extra Curricular Activities may be more important than Academics - Part 1<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Most people are preparing their kid for a life of average by allowing </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">them to jump from activity to activity in the non academic subjects. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Then they allow the kid to quit as soon as the activity becomes “boring” or </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">something else catches their fancy.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Most of life outside of work is extra curricular. Teaching kids how to quit</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">when the going gets tough spells DISASTER for personal relationships,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">job advancement, social advancement etc.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The fact is:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=====</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Academic subjects primarily deal with the intellect, but we all know book smart</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">people who are not successful in life </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=====</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">There are many ways to define success...</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Average is a horrible place to be today. In most cases average </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">leads to a place of financial, spiritual and intellectual bankruptcy. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">In other words, the average person is often unsuccessful no matter </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">how you define it.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=====</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Tip #1</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Allow your kid to participate in two activities: One, that he really LIKES </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">AND commit the kid to an activity that YOU want to see excellence in.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here for our class schedules.</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#000000;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">=====</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">If your kid has an initial interest in the activity you want to see excellence in, </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">it is enough. Do NOT let him or her quit until YOU feel the kid has learned </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">what that activity has to teach.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">My own life experience being the Father of three kids speaks to this truth.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Read the book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. He gives the actual </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">science behind what I am telling you.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Part 2 will answer the question: Why do kids quit and then blame you </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">for their lack of success later?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">All the best.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Sensei D’Arcy Rahming</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">9th degree black belt</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Internationally renowned Author of 5 books</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://www.mmabahamas.com/">www.mmabahamas.com</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">p.s.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">If your kid has expressed an interest in learning how to defend himself </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">or you desire increased control and self discipline for your kid:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#000099;"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here for our class schedules.</a></span></p>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-50420169692481359902010-09-17T04:03:00.000-07:002010-09-17T05:24:10.650-07:00Self defense tip of the day<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">Tip #1<br /><br />A simple boxers puch is one of the best<br />things that you can learn for self defense.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">==========<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><i><b>Knowing how, when and where to hit...</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><i><b>that is the real secret...</b></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><b><i>=========</i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">With that in mind, I will be teaching an <span style="font-weight: bold; ">8 week</span> MMA Kickboxing Self Defense course beginning October 2nd.<br /><br />We will hold classes at All Star Family Headquarters in the East on Joe Farrington Road and in the West at New</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;">Providence Community Center.<br /><br />Classes times are:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">All Star Family Headquarters, Joe Farrington Rd</span><br /><br />Tuesdays 7:15 to 8:30 and Saturdays noon to 1 pm.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">New Providence Community Center, Blake Rd</span><br /><br />Mondays and Thursdays 7 to 8pm<br /><br />The cost of the class will be $300.<br /><br />I'm also available for private and group lessons on site.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></span></b><br /><object width="420" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1BKQ6_sRL4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1BKQ6_sRL4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="255"></embed></object><br /><br />Stay Safe.<br /><br />Sensei D'Arcy Rahming<br />9th degree Black Belt<br />Violent Crime Researcher<br />www.mmaexecutive.comD'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-45532975198702439702010-09-13T07:25:00.000-07:002010-09-13T07:28:59.830-07:00Hello all,<br /><br />Just wanted to let you know that I am offering<br />a Mother-Daughter Kickboxing weight loss program<br />at my studios starting Oct 2nd. <br /><br /><object width="420" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOJtrVc4jT8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOJtrVc4jT8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="255"></embed></object><br /><br />Classes are in the East at All-Star Family Headquarters<br />Joe Farrington Road and in the West at New Providence <br />Community Center Blake Road<br /><br />This 8 week course includes hand wraps and boxing gloves<br />for both Mother and Daughter AND unlimited Kickboxing classes<br />AND dietary and exercise tips along the way. All this for $500 for <br />both Mother and Daughter for 8 weeks of a healthy you!<br /><br />Also we just launched the MMA program and I have to<br />tell you it is simply fantastic. It combines, Judo, Jiujitsu <br />Kickboxing, and Karate.<br /><br />The best to your health,<br /><br /><a href="http://allstarbahamas.blogspot.com/p/schedule-of-classes.html">click here for class time</a>s<br /><br />Be sure to sign up for the Free E-zine.<br /><br /><br />Sensei Rahming<br />www.mmabahamas.comD'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-81195288256983307802010-09-09T06:20:00.000-07:002010-09-09T06:25:52.896-07:00How Duet Lost 40lbs in 6 weeks<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">When Duet left for University last September he promised</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">me, his teacher, that he would keep up his Judo studies and</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">exercise.....</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">And he did. But his routine did not work for him.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">======</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The young man who returned in the Summer was 30 Lbs </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">heavier than the one who left!!!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">======</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">However 6 weeks later he weighed in 40lbs lighter and fought in </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">In 48 hours I will release the secret to anyone that is registered</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">for the FREE E-zine.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">This secret will tell you why your exercise routine may not be </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">working for you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Also check out the first part of the video of Cynthia Rahming's </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">journey to the Youth Olympic Games where she became the </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">first Bahamian ever to win a world level match. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">This is really an inspirational story. You're going to love it.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u><object width="480" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xx0wWvmmkg0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xx0wWvmmkg0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="255"></embed></object></u></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">All the best to you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sensei D'Arcy Rahming</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">9th degree Black Belt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Master Instructor: All Star Family Center</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://www.MMABahamas.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.MMABahamas.com</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">242-364-6773</span></p></span>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-34181815224465845782010-08-24T00:57:00.000-07:002010-08-24T01:01:46.245-07:00They wanted to give my son drugs because he was hyperactive....My son DJ was into everything. What I<br />would call a real boy. Curious, inquisitive<br />and to be quite honest, destructive.<br /><br />This bothered his teachers to no end. He<br />simply would not conform to his environment.<br />When he was about 10,he went with me to a<br />restaurant in Florida to meet a friend who is<br />a school psychologist.<br /><br />DJ would not keep still, He kept getting up<br />and walking around the restaurant ....<br />touching everything.<br /><br />My friend said "this boy has a classic <br />of ADDH. If I were you I would put him on<br />some drugs."<br /><br />I had heard this before from a number of<br /> "experts" and non experts alike ....<br /><br />(Now don't get me wrong, some kids do<br />need to be medicated, but MANY do not.)<br /><br />===========<br />I DECIDED TO USE THE JUDO<br />SCHOOL AS MEDICINE INSTEAD OF<br />JUST AS RECREATION<br />===========<br /><br />I increased DJ's participation in the Judo<br />and would not let him quit. I decided to<br />MAKE him increase his involvement in one<br />thing instead of allowing him to do so many<br />different activities.<br /><br />You see I had taught a number of kids like DJ<br />in my 25 years as an instructor and I KNOW<br />that many people overreact to hyperactive<br />kids.<br /><br />Today DJ is a 3rd year University student at<br />one of the world's top engineering schools,<br />a caring compassionate individual and a world<br />class athlete. He is the team captain for<br />Bahamas Judo.<br /><br />==========<br />ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN CLASSES AT<br />ALL STAR OR ONE OF OUR AFFILIATE<br />SCHOOL PROGRAMS TODAY<br />==========<br /><br />Judo at All Star provides a structured program <br />and gives a kid identity, confidence, and<br />teaches control.<br /><br />It also can take you all the way to the Olympics<br />if that is your goal. We provide programs for<br />kids from preschool to High school.<br /><br />Find out more about us at the following link.<br /><br />http://www.allstarbahamas.blogspot.com<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />Sensei Rahming<br /><br />p.s.<br />Classes will fill quickly, they always do in the<br />fall, so enroll your kid today.D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-7372103589160596452010-04-20T08:40:00.001-07:002010-04-20T08:41:25.080-07:00MMA Fighter sends message to Bahamas Judo Federation<object width="420" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAHztVkvs7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAHztVkvs7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="255"></embed></object>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1798271150769344832.post-42165570466585521012010-04-05T08:11:00.000-07:002010-04-11T07:38:36.674-07:00Haiti Benefit Tournament Raises $1,039<object width="420" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfSuUxdG-vc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfSuUxdG-vc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="255"></embed></object>D'Arcy Rahminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427541078466253339noreply@blogger.com0