Author: Ken Ring

  • Americanized

    Americanized

    Have you ever hear someone use the word “Americanized” as an insult? Maybe not directly, but in an insulting way? I have, and it’s getting harder for me to keep quiet about it when it happens. Here’s why. When someone laments the “Americanization” of something, they are speaking from a culturally conservative point of view.…

  • Bulletproof Coffee – Updated

    Bulletproof Coffee – Updated

    Bulletproof Coffee…have your heard of this? I heard about it listening to The Fat Burning Man Show, a paleo podcast. He had a guest on that is into bio-hacking, or getting the most that we can from our bodies. Evidently, this guy made a bundle of cash when he was only 26 and spent a…

  • Back to Paleo

    So, last week I returned to being serious about my Paleo lifestyle. I eased up over the holidays. Actually, from the end of summer on through the end of the year, I was fairly sloppy with my diet. Not eating hamburgers and swilling coke, but having pizza multiple times per week and not being too…

  • Fifty Shades of Goals

    Nothing titillating here. Just the title. Sorry. This time of year, I usually write something about goal setting, Black Belt Mind, etc. This year though I wanted to do something completely different. I want to be very open and honest and share some of my goals with you. As an exercise, I want to share…

  • December, 2012

    No fancy graphics or photos this month. I’m ridiculously busy right now and find that my computer time is becoming less and less. Please take the time to read through the newsletter. Click on the “Read More” links to read the whole story. If you have problems with it, please let me know.

  • Please Support my Movember Campaign

    Please support me in my role as a moustache merchant for Movember and help me to make a difference to the state of men’s health. Men’s health is a cause I am passionate about and I’m committed to make a difference by helping to raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer. I…

  • Christmas Shopping

    Several people have asked me about purchasing items from Gaya Won for Christmas presents. There is plenty of time to do that if we get started now. Go to http://www.KukSoolWon.com and click on the link to Gaya Won. You can either buy online from them, or I can sell you anything that they have in…

  • Testing

    We need to have testing soon. We can try for Saturday, December 15, or we can wait until January. Let me know which is better for you. I am attending Black Belt testing in Peoria on December 21st. If any You Dahn Jah or Dahn Bo Nim want to join me, you are more than…

  • Peace

    Background Remember the sixties? The music, the riots, the wars. Ok, not that great. Maybe the music was ok. And since I was born at the end of the sixties, I can’t really say that I remember them either. One thing that did come out of the sixties that was cool was the movement towards…

  • Good Pain vs Bad Pain

    I can’t find a good online definition for “pain”. They all talk about physical pain being “discomfort caused by illness or injury”. Martial artists, heck, anyone who has done fifty sit-ups on a whim knows that pain doesn’t have to come from “illness or injury”. Do me a favor. Reach over and pinch your arm. Feel that? Is there…