Author: mr.curry@leesbloomington.com

Lee’s Martial Arts will be closed 16-29 March. With COVID-19, all schools and large events being shut down, and it being Spring Break we believe this is the correct decision for us at this time.

Please continue to keep yourselves and your families safe and healthy.

Students, use this time to maintain your training schedule. Train at home at the same day and time you would have been at Lee’s training. If you do not have a home practice schedule, plan that out. Dust off your Student Guide and see what you need to know for your next rank, identify, and work on those weaknesses. Work on and pick apart your forms. Use this as an opportunity to refocus your training.

Master Curry

In October we will be closed on Monday, 8th October for Columbus Day.

Our promotion test is Saturday, 13 October at 10am.  Students should arrange to pay in advance, sign test form, and arrive no later than 0945am to get dressed and warmed up.  The makeup test is Monday, 15 October at 6pm.  Let us know if you plan to do the makeup so Mr. Lewis can prepare.

Monday, 15 October at 6pm will also be our YMCA Promotion Test.

With the New Year come New Year’s resolutions.  The new year usually brings a new resolve to improve ourselves.  Some hit the gym hard, some practice their martial arts more at home, some resolve to lose that weight they gained the previous year.  Whatever you may resolve to do, make a realistic plan.  It took us a while to get out of shape, gain those extra pounds, or fill our schedules with other activities.  Pick a realistic goal and start.  It is better to be consistent and persistent that to burn yourself out and dread going to the gym, or what your eat, or practicing at home.  Start slow, let your body accommodate to the changes and then continue, consistent and persistent.

We will be closed for the Christmas holiday on 23-26 December.  Have a wonderful Christmas.

I’ve been listening to a lot of retired SEAL Commander Jocko Willink lately and he has great things to say on discipline.  To quote Jocko “discipline equals freedom.” He says that you cannot rely on your motivation to get you up early in the morning, to go to class/gym and train, to do something that needs to be done but seems difficult or impossible, to not eat that doughnut.  Instead, you must rely on your discipline, your personal will power.  Abraham Lincoln said “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.”  So, even if you do not feel like training, studying, writing that paper, it does not matter – you do it anyways!  Having that discipline ensures you continue to grow and improve and gives you freedom by being achieving your goals.