Many Thanks to RKC Team Leader Delaine Ross for...

This:

Time for a few more updates....

...Then off to St. Paul for the RKC weekend. (I can hardly wait to meet Team Rippetoe).

Agenda for today:

1. Answer PM and email inquiry's [Thanks for the questions, btw!]
   
2. Order Vans for shuttle service. [We try to make travel super-stress free. All attendees have to do is make it to the host hotel]
3. Finalize T-Shirt Design and contact the shirt folks. [Everyone loved last years design and wanted to buy extras which we didn't have. This years is better.]
4. Edit the Summit page. [I am obviously not a professional editor....do what I can. Does Ad Copy matter anyway? With the low price and over the top quality it kinda speaks for itself.] www.summitofstrength.com
   
5. Lift some heavy stuff repeatedly.
6. Prep teaching material for RKC!

Grow Stronger,

Dustin

Summit of Strength 2011

This years SOS is in full blown prep mode...we had 20 sign-up before we officially announced the event (a little bonus we gave last years attendees).

The event will be a blast and better in many ways than last years. Considering the positive comments we received last year that is something.

I will be blogging "behind the scenes updates" here frequently so stay tuned...

www.summitofstrength.com

Sayoc Kali

I recently started a couple of new disciplines: Sayoc Kali and Traditional Archery. I will blog about Archery a bit later. The adoption of both these practices came at the urging of Master RKCs. I know, I know I need more stuff to do but there is something to be said for continually development. For some reason, Kenzie seems less annoyed when a get into a new past-time when O'Connor or Uncle Tamer thinks it would be good for me....something to remember!

Kenzie and I went to Nashville for an HKC, tattoos and hang time with Mrs and Mr Irontamer this past December. Among the fun and food and frivolity, David and I started talking all things martial (not uncommon) especially Filipino Martial Arts. I have very, very little exposure to FMAs. Talk lead to contact (not uncommon) and something clicked. The Sayoc system came up and got the Uncle Tamer devil horns of approval. We "played" a bit more and I was hooked. [One notable occurrence was the utter destruction of my blackberry screen despite being in my coat chest pocket and expensive protective case from a well placed thrust of a training blade.]

When I got back to the sooner state I began a search for instructors and not only found one but found one next door to my previous training location. Jason Epps at Premier Martial Arts. Weird how the universe works...oh yeah he was looking for some Kettlebell info/instruction...yep, weird ;) I will talk about '"arm-twisting" O'Connor had to do on me for the Archery habit in a future post.

A little background on Sayoc [The Following is from the wikipedia article on Sayoc Kali]:

"Sayoc Kali is an edged weapon based style of Filipino Martial Arts. It is a family system, headed by Christopher Sayoc, Sr.. The motto of the style is, "All Blade, All the Time".

The Sayoc family lineage links back to General Licerio Topacio, of Cavite. General Topacio was the military engineer of the Katipunan secret society and was among the first Katipunan members to urge Supremo Andres Bonifacio to wage a revolution against Spain.^[1]

Sayoc Kali is taught as part of the more general Sayoc Fighting System, which includes sword, stick, tomahawk, karambit and whip. Sayoc Kali emphasizes the use of the blade. It includes techniques for single knife, multiple knives, projectiles, and secondary support to firearms. Empty hand training is under the Sayoc Silak curriculum.

Sayoc Kali presents itself as an evolving system. The Sayoc family hosted a number of Filipino Martial Arts masters who travelled to the east coast of the United States during the 1970s and learned Filipino Martial Arts from them. Interaction and training from these Filipino Martial Arts masters gave the Sayoc family the idea of creating Sayoc Kali."

21 Goals in 21 Days

I set a new 21 day challenge on Facebook yesterday. The rules are simple make a list of 21 goals and complete them in 21 days. The goals can be big, small, ugly, audacious, simple, ambitious, private or public! JUST DO THEM AND START NOW!

"Vision is more important than planning if you want change it only happens now!" --Somebody Smart

By the way, one of my goals was to begin blogging again...check!

Spreading Hardstyle Love...

Working with Brandon Hetzler RKC to bring about the first HKC in Missouri on April 10th! Should be a great one as SrRKC Jeff O'Connor is leading. It gets even better when you consider that on the Sunday after we be a RKC prep/Advanced Athletic Applications workshop....hardstyle indeed.

Speaking of Mr. O'Connor and all things Hardstyle, I'm heading down to Lubbock with the man for the first TEXAS HKC hosted by Jason Marshall/Lonestar kettlebell! 2010 is going HARDSTYLE!

Making Time for Time

I have made a huge personal breakthrough in time management over the last two week that I wanted to share with folks. About a month ago I stumbled across the Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo. Yes, I know Pomodoro is Italian for tomato...hang on I will explain. Since using this method. I feel I have gotten more done with less. Less time....less stress....more focus....and more fun (really!)

I will cover more of the technique, how I use it and what I have discovered about myself over the next few weeks. In the meantime here is a link to a free cheat sheet describing the technique!

Why are the intervals called "Pomodoro's?" Mr. Cirillo originally used a tomato shaped kitchen timer to mark his sessions!

One final thing, this is totally free! No affiliate links. No marketing. Mr. Cirillo and thousands of others have made major changes in their productivity and lives and wanted to share...so did I.

The main site is here!