We are pleased to invite Brett Varnum and Evan Boyack as instructors in this year’s Buyukai annual gathering in South Portland! Let’s learn a bit more about who they are. Brett Varnum: Brett is the head instructor and owner of the Discovery Institute of Martial Arts in Easton, Maine. His 42 year career in martial […]
In the faraway era of 1992, I was in first grade. Like many young boys at the time, I ate and breathed Saturday morning cartoons: Transformers, He-Man, and of course, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If Michael Bay is doing a reboot of it, chances are I probably loved it as a kid. Of course, […]
I’ve mentioned before how martial arts encourages healthy living. Mark also wrote a great article discussing how the intensity of your training is an important, personal decision. Fitness training is not separate from that rule! Whether a student is a fitness machine, or is new to/returning to activity, there are options to prepare their body for […]
Months ago I saw a video on-line that talked about the virtues of disconnecting from the always connected world we live in (ironic). However, it resonated with me (other too, at the time I’m writing this it has over 47 million view). Over the past number of years, talking to the person right next to […]
Our annual gathering “BuyuKai” (formerly Discovery) will take place the Best Western in South Portland Maine (same place) on March 28th & 29th!! As always, this is a weekend spent learning from incredible instructors (lead by Hanshi Poliquin) while re-connecting with old friends and making new ones. Many of the instructors can only be seen […]
This last couple of months at Discovery have had us get to meet a lot of new students. We of course are excited to see the school grow, but the majority of our excitement is in getting to share a martial art that we love. That’s the best part of teaching for me, and I […]
