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Fitness, Fitness & Health, Martial Arts/Self-Defense, Mental Health, Self-Defense

Your Safety Quotient and How to Measure It

What is your Safety Quotient? Level of Confidence Creates Your Safety Quotient  How is your confidence level when it comes to self-protection […]

admin-minorsanMay 7, 20187 min read
Fitness & Health, Martial Arts/Self-Defense, News

Why and What of Hemp Oil Extract

Answers to the Why and What of Hemp Oil Extract If you’ve taken my classes, you’ve heard me say it—my ‘wild’ energy […]

admin-minorsanNovember 13, 20176 min read
Fitness & Health, Martial Arts/Self-Defense, News

Fruits, Sugars, Diets, and Weight Loss

Fruits, Sugars, Diets, and Weight Loss can be so confusing! Why is weight loss so difficult, ‘diets’ challenging, and ‘sugar’ so confusing? […]

admin-minorsanAugust 9, 20165 min read
Fitness, Fitness & Health, Martial Arts/Self-Defense

Lessons Learned from the Wharf to Wharf Race

Lessons from the Wharf to Wharf This past weekend I ran the Wharf to Wharf with a bunch of fun wild ladies […]

admin-minorsanJuly 26, 20164 min read
Martial Arts, Martial Arts/Self-Defense, Self-Defense

Firearms Safety Class is For Everyone to Learn

Firearms Safety Class for Everyone In this Firearms Safety Class you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about them. Types […]

admin-minorsanMay 31, 20161 min read
Martial Arts/Self-Defense

Are You Nice or Kind? And Do You Know the Difference?

Are you a nice or kind person? The other night I was teaching one of the Self-Defense modules, and the subject of […]

admin-minorsanApril 20, 20163 min read
Fitness, Martial Arts/Self-Defense

Why I Teach Martial Arts & Fitness Simultaneously

Teaching martial arts, self-defense & fitness go beyond “passion” There is purpose behind what I do Often I’m asked why I teach […]

admin-minorsanApril 5, 20168 min read
Fitness & Health, Martial Arts/Self-Defense

Chemistry Involved in Changing Habits

Who knew that chemistry was involved in how successful we can be with changing habits. The following blog post by James Clear […]

admin-minorsanMarch 22, 20161 min read
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Get Your Life ‘Fit’ this Spring

It’s time to get your life fit this Spring Yes, Spring is almost here. As each season is only 3 months, what […]

admin-minorsanFebruary 23, 20165 min read
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What is #BadassCourage & How to Overcome Challenges Fearlessly

What is #badasscourage & how can you overcome challenges fearlessly? Every move re-educates the muscles. Indeed what is BadassCourage? BadassCourage evokes pictures […]

admin-minorsanJanuary 18, 20169 min read
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Martial Artist from Spain Visits for Some Lessons

Martial Artist from Spain, Jose Maria Gomez, Visits for Some Lessons~ Jose Maria Gomez visited Santa Cruz Specifically for Lessons This gentleman […]

admin-minorsanDecember 27, 20152 min read
Martial Arts, Martial Arts/Self-Defense, Self-Defense

How Martial Arts Could Transform Your Life

Martial Arts Transforms Lives Every Day Martial Arts training is a most unique discipline in that it encompasses a coordination of how […]

admin-minorsanSeptember 14, 20153 min read
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