Three years ago, I ended my relationship with sugar. I created a vlog that details that story. I talk about the three benefits I get to experience everyday because I stopped eating sugar and I talk about the struggles I went through to get to this point. Click play on the video above to watch …
It’s always exciting to look back and see how much you’ve improved, but it’s always hard to leave your comfort zone in order to improve. Here are three things you can do that will help you improve your techniques in Aikido.
Hello, I’m Erik Calderon and I’ve been doing martial arts ever since my dad stuck me in some classes when I was 5 years old. At 20, I moved to Japan for the sole purpose of studying Aikido. I trained on average 3 to 5 hours per day. I chose Aikido because I liked it’s philosophy and I saw it as something I could do for the rest of my life.
Everyone that watched the Floyd Mayweather fight against Conor McGregor knows that MMA fighting is useless against a boxer.I wonder what would have happened if the fight had taken place in the Octagon? Would Floyd still have won? This question leads us into the realm of rules. What are the rules of Boxing? What are …
I want to become a great Aikido master, a great Filmmaker, and great at money maker. Do you want to be great at something? Cody Wanner, the founder of the movement #nosmallcreator, introduced me to Jeff Bartch of Story Greenlight. In one of his vlogs, I was introduced to a book By Geoff Colvin titled, …
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been doing an in depth study of Irimi, which translates into English as, “go straight into an attacker.” It takes a lot of courage to go straight into an attack, especially when your attacker is bigger and stronger than you.
In proverbs 23:16 it reads, “The righteous may fall seven times, but still get up, but the wicked will stumble into trouble.” And in Jeremiah 8:4 it reads, “You know if a man falls down, he gets up again.
On February 28, 2016 Aleix Segura Vendrell from Spain broke the world record for voluntarily holding his breath for 24 min and 3.45 seconds. Did you know that the reason we feel like we have to breath when holding our breath is not because we need the oxygen,
Every year I do a martial arts demonstration at the Japan Festival, and ever year someone comes up to me and says they want to take classes, and when I tell them I teach in Katy, they then ask me if I can recommend someone that’s closer to them. Well, that’s exactly what this video is about. How to choose a martial arts school that’s right for you.
One of the first techniques we learn in Aikido is Ikkyo, or “The First Principle.” In Aikido, The first principle is based on the physical. There is nothing magical about it, no special powers required. But what is required is that you get physical and learn to train your body.
