My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

We must remember that regardless of our differences in rank we are all equal as human beings. You can always tell how caring and compassionate others are in their actions towards those “below” them. Of...

A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another.

I have been given the rare opportunity to teach Jiu Jitsu for a living. This is a privilege that I wake up everyday grateful for, and a responsibility that I hold dearly. I understand how...

Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.

Life is easier lived when lived for others.

The knowledge you acquire in an area of study is accompanied by an incalculable ignorance. The farther we get into anything, we learn that we have even farther to go.

The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others’ lives.

Properly directed thoughts result in properly directed actions. The only way to appropriately guide our thoughts is to know their foundation, our values.

Service, it seems, is the only antidote to existential frustration.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes.

Mastery lies on an infinite continuum, and as a result we will never reach the end. We can, however, see to it that we are as far along that continuum as our circumstance allows.

A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values.