Your Guide To Being The Perfect Purple Belt
So, you are a purple belt – a senior(ish) grade, that’s excellent, you’ve passed the point that the vast majority simply don’t reach. Pursue that excellence, draw wisdom from everything – good and bad. Trust the process and begin to fashion your own: your style,…
Your Three Phase Practice Model
The idea of pushing excellence in all facets of learning is something we explore during practice across all classes at the Tōukon Academy® – learning to become proficient and efficient is a core tenet. One measure of excellence is simply your level of understanding on…
Your Guide To Being The Perfect Blue Belt
So you are a blue belt? Congratulations, you are now at the level where most people quit. To get to this point everything has been difficult, monotonous and laborious; most people set their sights on achieving your current position. To them, this is their accomplishment,…
Your Guide To Being The Perfect White Belt
Congratulations, you’ve done it. You’ve begun! By far, this is the most important thing you could have done. . You’ve taken that leap of faith that most never do and the rest wish they had. Now just keep going. “It’s not who’s good, it’s who’s left….

