Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.

As an instructor, my goal has always been to use Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to help our students achieve their goals, whatever the case may be. I have yet to find a better vehicle...

To base your self worth relative to others is to play a losing game. If you are at the bottom, you will be filled with self-loathing. If you are at the top, you will be...

We are only different because there exists something to be different from, and it is this difference that bonds us.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society.

I do not begin to think that I could possibly understand its inner-workings and the deepest truths of the cosmos with the 28 years that I have lived in Central New Jersey of the United...

I train Jiu Jitsu because I recognize that I am a piece of the whole, and as I grow so does that which contains me. The whole of man advances with the growth of a...

Words make the intangible aspects of human experience communicable, and a single sentence can shatter our world view and assist us in the formulation of a new one.

As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others.

If something’s existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

All these men recognized what they themselves valued, and lived according to these values regardless of their relationship to the values of their community. Each lived according to what brought them happiness and peace rather...