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Come join me at VERBAL SELF DEFENSE Youth Program Workshop on Mount Laurel Self Defense

Mount Laurel Self Defense Self-Defense Education and Resources for the Community Peter Liciaga Peter Liciaga has invited you to the event 'VERBAL SELF DEFENSE Youth Program Workshop' on Mount Laurel Self Defense!   Check out "VERBAL SELF DEFENSE Youth Program Workshop" on Mount Laurel Self Defense Peter Liciaga Time: May 15, 2010 from 2pm to 3pm Location: Dinoto Karate Center Organized By: Peter Liciaga Event Description: This is the first course of 14 designed to teach our children tactics to defend themselves against bullying and verbal abuse. When our children are bullied or verbally abused, they will look to us for answers. Now you can empower them with proven methods that end conflict and de-escalate potentially violent situations. Verbal Self Defense is a 14-module course taking the tactics of the Verbal Judo Institute, founded by George Thompson, and translates them into a comprehensive program designed specifically for children and adolescents. See more details and RSVP on Mount Laurel Self Defense: http://mountlaurelselfdefense.ning.com/events/event/show?id=5705855%3AEvent%3A10&xgi=4qG8hwgUBM0P7Q&xg_source=msg_invite_event About Mount Laurel Self Defense Blogs Events Videos   To control which emails you receive on Mount Laurel Self Defense, click here

Self Defense - Vital Strike Areas

I've been looking at some basic strikes, such as groin kicks, palm strikes, elbows and more for self-defense.

The question that I am asked more often is, Where are the best places to strike an attacker?


Well there are lots of charts to direct you, but it's much easier to have a real live expert instructor explain them to you. If you get an opportunity to take a self defense seminar, take a friend and a notebook, you'll get loads of information to take home with you.

Enjoy this video. It's not "comprehensive" but it's a start.


If you would like a self-defense workshop, let me know by emailing me at masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com

See you soon!

Create an Environment Where There Is Room to GROW!

Many parents and leaders don't recognize the importance of creating a climate conducive to building potential leaders.
To see the relationship between environment and growth look at nature. One great example is the shark. The reason is that sharks adapt to their environment. If you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium in which it lives. Sharks can be six inches long yet be fully mature. But if you turn them loose in the ocean, they grow to their normal size.

The same is true of potential leaders. Some are put into an environment when they are still small, and the confining environment ensures that they stay small and under-developed. Only leaders can control the environment. They can be the change agents who create a climate conducive to growth.

The martial arts environment, at least the one that I work in, is designed to grow a leader! To challenge and stretch you to be the leader you have been designed and called to be.

Are you pursuing and creating such an environment?

Live like a Champion & More than a Conqueror.

Attitude makes all the difference...

This past Wednesday I had a 12:52 pm flight from Phila airport to Atlanta Ga.

The day went as follow:

At 8:00am I recieved an email that my flight was rescheduled for 3:25pm. At 1pm I recieve a message that my flight was rescheduled for 8:25pm! Then I recieved a message that it was rescheduled for 4:35pm... then it was rescheduled to 3:20pm...then, at 2:25pm we recieved an announcement that we were to board the plane "now" and get in the "air as soon as possible"!

Needless to say there were many people who were frustrated. Who could blame them. Of course I wanted so much to be one of those frustrated ones. But I was too busy working on my notes for my speech the next day at Fort Mcphearson. My message was to be about living like a champion and more than a conqueror...and living life with the "right" attitude!

With this, I found myself challenged by my own message! It took all my martial art and black belt training & abilities to overcome the desire to complain and rage about how horrible the airlines are at organization and....blah, blah, blah

In martial arts (and in life), the right attitude comes first. The development of a positive attitude is the first conscious step toward becoming an effective black belt leader. Successful leadership cannot be constructed without this crucial building block. Check out some "attitude" truths:

1. Our attitude determines our approach to life.
2. Our attitude determines our relationships with people.
3. Our attitude is often the only difference between success and failure.
4. our attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.
5. our attitude can turn problems into blessings.
6. Our attitude is not automatically good just because we are black belts!

A positive attitude does not happen by accident. It happens on purpose!