I thought seeing as I post a little about my Martial Arts training from time to time, I'd put up a list of the events, tournaments etc I have been involved in/competed in, as a bit of a history of my life as a karateka

(Hmmm this might be related to my post on Ego )

Full contact events

• 1988 Competitor
• 1989 Competitor
• 1990 Competitor
• 1991 Competitor
• 1992 Competitor
• 1993 Competitor
• 1994 Competitor

Vic state tournaments

• 1989 Competitor
• 1993 Competitor

• 1991 Competitor, (Selection tournament for world titles) Surfers Paradise
• 1992 Competitor, (Melbourne)
• 1993 Competitor, (Sydney)

• 1995 Competitor, All styles tournament Millicent
• 1996 Competitor, Ultimate Challenge Melbourne  

• 1988 SA (MtGambier)
• 1991 Vic Winter Camp (Queenscliff)
• 1992 Vic Summer Camp (Queenscliff)
• 1992 Vic Winter Camp (Queenscliff)
• 2007 MtGambier Kata seminar with Hanshi John Taylor
• 2007 SA Camp

"One must try everyday to expand one's limits."

"Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered."

"Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo."

"The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice."

"If you have confidence in your own words, aspirations, thoughts, and actions and do your very best, you will have no need to regret the outcome of what you do. Fear and trembling are lot of the person who, while stinting effort, hopes that everything will come out precisely as he wants."

A collection of the Philosophical thoughts of the late Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin Karate

Obviously this is the style of Karate that I study, but if you look closely at many of these philosphies you'll see some common themes related to Personal Development.

"One becomes a beginner after one thousand days of training and an expert after ten thousand days of practice."

"Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of budo, it is important to makehis whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment."

By Christopher Westra

This thing that we call Time is only an illusion. The only moment is now. Waiting is a state of mind. Basically it means that you want the future and don’t want the present. The key is to break the old patterns of present moment denial and present moment resistance. - (Dr. Robert Anthony)

Creating reality in the moment is holographic creation. You can also call it manifesting in holographic time. You create what you want on a spiritual level (quantum level), and then it grows until it becomes crystallized into physical reality.

All these ten comparisons between holographic creation and visualization are based in the fact that there is no such thing as time. As Robert Anthony said in the quote at the start of this chapter, “The only moment is now”.

Note – Some people who are skilled at visualization are actually doing holographic creation without knowing it. Visualization (seeing detailed images) is part of holographic creation. This chapter fully explains the differences between the two.

So when I speak of visualization, I’m talking about the limited version of visualization as traditionally taught.

 by: Aaron Potts

Regardless of which method or belief system about personal development that you subscribe to, the fact that your state of mind is the primary fuel for your success is a foregone conclusion.

However, knowing that fact and putting it into action are two different things. In order to maximize your personal development results, make this simple method a part of your conscious efforts.

For this exercise, we will use the example of weight loss, but you can do this exercise with anything in your life that you want to improve, including finances, relationships, etc.

Step 1 – Think of someone who has what you consider to be a “nice body”. Get a clear picture of that person in your head using as many details as possible.

I believed that I was doing it as a way of lifting my club (dojo) profile and getting new students.

This type of questioning of yourself, especially on a subject like this can easily cause you to be come paralysed into inaction. And if you are actively on a personal development journey you may find that you are may be trying to be more loving or considerate to others and less ego centred, which in this type of situation may cause you agonise over something like this and make you not carry out an action for fear that it is a selfish, ego centred action.