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• Bully Seminar

  Villari’s Self-Defense Center is hosting a Bully Seminar on Friday, January 28th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

  Click title at top to sign up for the Bully Seminar.

  
• Events in January 2011

  Here are some events happening in January at Villari’s Self-Defense at
  54 Union Square in Somerville, MA 02143

  Bully Seminar -
  Jan. 28, 2011
  6:30pm - 8:00pm (Online Sign up coming soon)

  Open House -
  Jan. 29th 10:00am - 2:00pm

  

News

• Blame

  When you blame others you give up the right to change!

  
• Quotes from Will Rogers

  1/ Never miss a good chance to shut up.

  2/ After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.
  He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.

  The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut

  3/ Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

  
• The Battle Within

  One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
  He said, “My son, the battle is between two spirits inside us all.

  “One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

  “The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

  The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which one wins?”

  The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

  
• Villari's Self-Defense Center on Facebook

  Become a fan of Villari’s Self-Defense Center of Somerville MA on Facebook.

  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Somerville-MA/Villaris-Self-Defense-Center-of-Somerville-MA/288596891256?ref=nf

  

Updates

• Open House

  Our Open House has been moved from Saturday January 29, 2011 to Saturday, April 30, 2011. It will still be from 10:00am - 2:00pm.

  

Thoughts

• Awareness

  There are several ways to improve awareness. A game: you and some friends one at a time go to the nearest window, take a quick scan of what is around then try to recount what you saw. You can test each other by asking questions like how many you saw of something or what color something was. An exercise: Whenever you enter a room, look around count the people. How many are male, female, blonde, dark haired, red haired, what ethnicities are they, etc.; where are they standing; where is the nearest exit? For fun try this at a Halloween costume party

  
• Balance

  Balance is key, in martial arts, and in life. In a self-defense situation if you are the one who controls the balance, you have the upper hand. If you balance your diet you will be in better health. If you balance your time between work and play you will be more productive and happier. Studying the martial arts is a great way to learn about balance.

  
• Balance

  This week we are focusing on balance. When learning about balance you want to not only learn to improve your own balance, but to “take” the balance of your opponent while keeping that of your own. As you continue to learn about balance you will start to figure out ways to get your opponent to “give” you their balance.

  
• Blame

  When you have a problem don’t place blame, fix the problem!

  
• Change

  Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing themselves!

  
• Character

  Character is doing what is right, even when no one is looking!

  
• Decisions

  When making a decision of importance: ask first, how will this decision affect the ones nearest me!

  
• Focus

  Learning and practicing the martial arts will increase your focus even if just as a side effect, but there are things you can do the move this process along. Working with the kids I like to use focus pads to improve their targeting skills, but I also challenge them by telling them to punch at the pad as hard as they can but stop the strike or kick just before they reach the pad. This not only helps them to focus on what they are doing, but helps them develop control.

  
• Mind

  The mind is like a parachute, it works best when opened!

  
• Respect

  Acceptance and respect are earned not demanded!

  
• Sincerity

  Say what you mean
  Mean what you say
  And don’t say it mean!

  
• Timing

  This week we are focusing on timing. With timing in the martial arts we are mostly concerned about reaction time for example, when blocking a punch if you anticipate you block too early and the punch gets through after the block; and if you block too late the punch reaches before the block. In turn, if you also focus on your rhythm and mixing that up, you then can slow down or speed up your opponent’s reaction time to your own advantage.

  

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