A Tribute to Zig Ziglar

Nov 29, 2012 | Uncategorized

I just heard on NPR today that the Zig Ziglar has died at the age of 86. If you don’t know who Zig Ziglar is, let me begin by telling you how I first heard of him. I had just graduated from college and moved to Fort Meyers, Florida to continue my martial arts...

Would you like your child to have better social skills?

Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized

Before I get to that…I’d like to welcome Angela Walter to the SMAA Master Club.  Angela has set her goal to earn her Adult Black Belt before she leaves for college.  She’s on her way! So, would you like your child to have better social skills? If...

4 Secrets to Capture the Luck of the Irish

Mar 17, 2012 | Uncategorized

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If April is the cruelest month then March is the luckiest, thanks to the Irish.  People extol the virtues of luck, and being lucky, as if it is some magical quality that you have no control over. But let’s take a closer look at...

Newsteam Boulder

Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

Check us out on Newsteam Boulder! Click the link for the full story: http://newsteamboulder.org/news/scornavacco-martial-arts-exercises-mind-and-body

Martial Arts First Aid Kit Workshop Review

Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized

Every once in a great while something comes along that takes all the rules of the game, chucks them out the window and creates what Thomas Kuhn called a paradigm shift, a new world-view like the earth being round. I witnessed such a game-changer this weekend as the...

Ask An Expert EdNews Parent

Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

My lastest Q and A about Bullying in Schools has been posted on EdNews Parent’s website.  Click the link below to check it out. Ask an Expert about Bullying

Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized

With tomorrow being Valentine’s Day I thought it appropos to say a little something about Kojak’s question, “who loves ya, baby?” (for the uniformed, Kojak was a TV detective fro the mid-1970’s and this one of of his trademark line)....

I’ve been tying my shoes wrong

Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

About two weeks ago Bruce Tiemann told me that he had been tying his shoes wrong and saw a lecture about how to do it correctly.  I don’t recall what brought this subject up, but it might have been something about tying Jai’s karate belt. Of course I...