2013 Your Best Year Ever

Reproducing the classic picture from Return of the Dragon at the Coliseum in Rome

You've probably heard the term "Modeling" before and today I'd like to amplify the importance it will play in making 2013 your best year ever.

Modeling is finding someone who: "Has what you want" and "Has been where you're at"

Finding the right model will help you save time, cut your learning curve, and avoid costly mistakes (the cost could be financial, emotional or physical). It will help you get closer to achieving your goals in record time.

As you can see from the picture above, one of our model is Bruce Lee. Following Bruce Lee's teachings has helped us streamline our martial art system and not deviate from what is functional, simple and direct in terms of self-defense, fighting or health and fitness.

If someone (a mentor) shows you exactly what they did and how they did it (personally, i.e Coaching, Live Calls, etc... or through their work, i.e Books, Auto-Biographies, etc...), following their recipe so to speak, YOU will have those same results.

What a wonderful concept. But be careful, most people who read this might just keep it at that, a CONCEPT.

Put it in practice! The quality of your results in 2013 are directly linked to the quality of your peers.

In 2013, find people and mentors that "have what you want" and "have been where you're at" in various areas of your life and model them.

I'm curious to know some of your mentors and the people you've chosen to council with.

Feel free to post them on the Fang Shen Do FB page.

Happy New Year,

Sibok Martin

Getting started in the Martial Arts

What brings more joy than seeing your child finally start to walk?

The joy of seeing your child walking

As an instructor it would have to be: Seeing a student finally start to GET it.

When you've poured a part of yourself into a student and now you see results. Priceless.

Just like watching your child fail so many times at walking and admiring their will to keep trying,
I've had the pleasure to watch so many students gain better control of their mind and body through FSD Training.

We're very efficient at laying a strong foundation.

Once the foundation is strong you can build pretty much anything on it.

One of the keys to building a strong foundation is "Work Ethic".

In our schools, right away you learn the mindset it requires to succeed in your physical training. The Emotional Intensity you need to bring to it in order to get results.

You have to learn how to train.

Once you' re good at not giving up in your physical training, that skill transfers automatically in your personal, academic and professional training.

I haven't come across many methods for quickly building a rock solid foundation the way we do.

You'll need this tool first.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin

P.S. In conversing with present and past students the subject that always comes up is "You gave me such a strong base that I could learn any other art or start any kind of project and I know I possess the right mentality and foundational skills to be successful at them".

Like I mentioned earlier, the first foundational tool can be found here.