Kevin Levesque is Kyoshi Brett Varnum’s senior student and helpa run the Discovery Institute of Martial Arts in Easton. He been training in the martial arts for the better part of 20 years, 16 of which have been in ninjutsu. In his own words: “After four years in other arts, it was nice to find my […]
Kevin Levesque is Kyoshi Brett Varnum’s senior student and helpa run the Discovery Institute of Martial Arts in Easton. He been training in the martial arts for the better part of 20 years, 16 of which have been in ninjutsu. In his own words: “After four years in other arts, it was nice to find my […]
Hanshi John Poliquin’s extensive martial arts background dates back to 1977 and includes a 10th Degree Black Belt in Budo Taijutsu (awarded by Soke Masaaki Hatsumi in 2003), an 8th Degree Black Belt in To-Shin Do (awarded by Anshu Stephen Hayes in 2011, and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo (awarded by Ramon Ancho […]
For the past decade and a half, the question I most commonly receive is “Why do you train?” My answer has changed over the years as I’ve evolved in the art. At first I would say “It’s a great workout,” “I get to train with a great group of people,” or “I’ve always wanted a […]
Back in November we were approached by 19 Oaks Marketing President, Shay Bellas. 19 Oaks Marketing is in the “Old Port” section of Portland, Maine. It is a beautiful part of the city but it also happens to be the most densely populated. Over the recent months, there had been a couple of occasions where Shay […]
Life Can Get in the WAY…….. Anyone who has ever followed the trail down the martial arts road has undoubtably come upon a roadblock or two. Life has a way of throwing “curveballs” at us which derail us from training. The hardest thing, after coming in that very first day, is coming back in after […]
Some time ago, a friend and I were out for dinner in Boston. We had decided to explore the North End that night and find a “hidden gem”, the kind only the locals know of. We did find such a place and proceeded to have a very nice and authentic Italian dinner. Part way though the evening, […]
One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with as an instructor and owner is the plain and obvious fact that: Not Everyone Thinks the Way I Do I say this is obvious because we all know this and encounter it in our everyday life, but in the dojo I assumed everyone was there […]
So I was hesitant to write about this because what we did might have been view with a slight bit of distain from some the Mall Security Team but I’m going to for two simple reasons: It was a GREAT learning experience for our students We did NOT get caught by Security So here’s what […]
A couple of weeks ago we had the honor of doing a two hour self defense seminar with a local Girl Scout troop. We always immensely enjoy these special sessions and pride ourselves in tailoring them for our audience, this was no exception. Our goal in these short sessions is to give practical techniques and […]
