Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
My lastest Q and A about Bullying in Schools has been posted on EdNews Parent’s website. Â Click the link below to check it out. Ask an Expert about Bullying
Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ms. Michelle made the news! Â Check her out in the Boulder Daily Camera.
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)....
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...
Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was driving home from Denver recently when I looked over at the car passing me when I noticed the bumper sticker on the back that read, “my kid can choke out your honor student,†right next to a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school sticker.  Now, I’m sure that...
Dec 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s an informative interview with Michelle Jensen how Kickboxing helped her go from unable to carry her daughter up the stairs to the best shape of her life.:
Dec 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
“(My friend) said ‘what are doing to actually get him to do that, to build up his confidence’? And I said, ‘well, this karate school we are going to. Nothing else has worked so.” And she said, ‘Wow, that is amazing! Do NOT stop...
Oct 17, 2011 | Choosing a School, Parent Resources
It had been a long time since I taught the last Lethal Ladies course. Too long. What with all the other events and classes going on, along with the move last year, our women’s self defense course got lost in the shuffle but it’s now back for good...
Oct 5, 2011 | Choosing a School, Parent Resources
Welcome to October, believe it or not. I’d like to say a word or 2 about testing, or at least the way we test at SMAA. Many adults have developed a negative attitude toward testing, partly due to the judgments associated tests in school. Simply put, the message...
Aug 8, 2011 | Choosing a School, Parent Resources
Recently one of our Karate Moms asked me this insightful question. To tell the truth, I just always assumed that of course our students are intelligent and do well in school—that’s what we do. I’d never gave it much more thought than that. Upon further...
