Earlier this week my Sensei offered up a challenge to the black belts in his class. He tasked us with researching Marilyn Monroe, and then arriving at our own conclusions as to how her life and actions relate to our concept of fighting. This post is my attempt of summarizing my takeaways from the exercise. Challenge accepted, Sensei!

I had the privilege of attending a special symposium held by my sensei at his dojo over the past weekend. It was about 10 hours over the course of two days, and it was intense, in the sense that there was a lot to digest. Through it all though, there were some valuable nuggets that I think any martial artist should spend some time reflecting on. Here is one of the most important.