Month: February 2013

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Kali Silat & Self Defense Training Group

Black Lightning Martial Arts

Want to know more?

Or

  • Call Rick Vargas at (703) 622-0331
  • email: rickva.sr@gmail.com

Black Lightning Martial Arts
961 Diplomat Dr. Ste. 103
Debary, Fl 32713
(386) 337-5056

We are located in the Live Oak Center off of Enterprise Rd. in
Debary/Orange City.
Serving Debary, Orange City, Deltona, Sanford, Deland, Lake Helen, and Osteen.
Offering Karate, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, Kickboxing and several other martial arts to Children and Adults

KALI SILAT INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DECLINE AN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATION AT ANY TIME. The training is intended for law abiding, well mannered individuals of good character and sound mind, as determined by the instructor.

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New Venue!

Here it is:

As of Sunday March 3, 2013, 1pm, we’ll be conducting our Kali Silat & Self Defense  training group at:

Black Lightning Martial Arts
961 Diplomat Dr. Ste. 103
Debary, Fl 32713
(386) 337-5056

 

Very Special Thanks to Instructors Chris Radabaugh and Joe Cueva of Black Lightning, who run an exceptional martial arts school with outstanding programs.

This is not an open air public venue, therefore, a small fee  (barely over the price of a couple of lattes during our opening month) per training session will be charged.  This is an great opportunity to train in a rare set of defensive and fighting skills, open to adults, or Black Lightning students recommended by Instructors Chris Radabaugh and Joe Cueva.

Want to know more?

Or

  • Call Rick Vargas at (703) 622-0331
  • email: rickva.sr@gmail.com

 

I look forward to seeing our old friends, regulars, and new friends at the new place.

Black Lightning Martial Arts
961 Diplomat Dr. Ste. 103
Debary, Fl 32713
(386) 337-5056

We are located in the Live Oak Center off of Enterprise Rd. in
Debary/Orange City.
Serving Debary, Orange City, Deltona, Sanford, Deland, Lake Helen, and Osteen.
Offering Karate, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, Kickboxing and several other martial arts to Children and Adults

KALI SILAT INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DECLINE AN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATION AT ANY TIME. The training is intended for law abiding, well mannered individuals of good character and sound mind, as determined by the instructor.

 

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THANKS!

Thanks to the family, friends, customers, and all who attended the talks given last night at the Bookstore. We got great information on health and fitness,

Bookstore (IBC)

Bookstore (IBC) (Photo credit: Arthur Pennant)

and on Self Defense for everyone.

We look forward to presenting in other venues.  Please contact the vendor to get the books on the suggested reading list:

STAND BY FOR A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW 🙂

Suggested Reading:

The Gift of Fear.  Gavin de Becker

Meditations On Violence.  Rory Miller

No Second Chance.  A Reality-Based Guide To Self Defense.  Mark Hatmaker

The Filipino Martial Arts As Taught By Dan Inosanto.  Dan Inosanto

Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice.  Mark V. Wiley

 

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The Instinctive Edge™

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Challenge yourself!  I cannot repeat this enough.  We as human beings thrive on learning new things and having new experiences.  Unfortunately we also like to fall into a routine of doing the same thing every day.  This is some thing you have to acknowledge and make sure that you avoid it.  Instead, consistently find some thing new to do and some thing that is also challenging in some way.  In the Martial Sciences this means to constantly learn new skill sets and continue to progress regularly.  I have seen way to many skilled martial practitioners stop growing at some point in their training.  I really mean this in that I can count on my hand the number of practitioners that are constantly growing in the Martial Sciences.  Most people get to a certain level and then they get comfortable.  Once comfortable their skill sets regress and they simply are no longer…

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A Share, I learn from others as well as myself…

Something a distant teacher and instructor I admire has said recently.  It has been my thinking as well.   Cant figure hows to share the whole thing from FB but here it is.
Kelly S. Worden

Food for thought: My goal as an instructor is to guide with a less restrictive hand while embracing the original premise of freedom. A teacher should simply guide; assist in development by pointing the way to self expression and allowing personal choice to balance the scale of tactical efficiency. To me this is JKD; it is also a positive way to address leadership in an art of self realized progression. Without question educate but maintain the connection to reality, efficiency, and stay in tune with the evolution of adaptability. This is the key reason I invite so many other instructors to influence my students and teach shoulder to shoulder with them. This clarifies overlapping principles, stabilizes and expands teaching methodology, and also validates or possibly negates the efficiency of my curriculum that is in a constant mode of evolution.

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Tidbits

A soldier came to the master and asked is there really a heaven and a hell?  “Who are you?” Demanded the master. ” I, am a Samurai!”  “You!  A soldier?  What idiot would have you as a guard, you look more like a beggar!”  The soldier grasped and began to draw his sword.  “So, you have a sword, big deal, it’s probably too dull to cut anything anyway.” As he drew his sword the master replied “Here, open the gates of Hell!”  At this, and seeing the master’s discipline, the Samurai was illumed with understanding, so he sheathed his sword, and bowed.  “Here, open the gates of heaven.”  said the Master.  My paraphrase from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.

Weapons are instruments of fear, they are not a wise man’s tools.  He uses them only when he has no choice.  Peace and quiet are dear to his heart, and victory no cause for rejoicing.  Tao Te Ching 31             

First, establish yourself in the way, then teach, and so defeat sorrow.To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing – straighten yourself.   You are your only master.  Who else? Subdue yourself, and discover your master.  Teachings of The Buddha The Dharmapada, 12

For him who has conquered the himself by the Self, the Self is a friend; but for him who has not conquered himself, the Self remains hostile, like an enemy. The highest Self of him who has conquered himself and is peaceful, is steadfast in cold, heat, pleasure, and pain; thus also in honor and dishonor.  The Bhagavad Gita 6, 6-7