Where I’ve Been….

You’d think that plunging myself into teaching full time would give me more time to blog.

Ultimately, I think if will, but there’s that period of adjustment I have to go through first. I knew this would happen. At the end of 2011, you’ll remember that I said goodbye to the desk job in order to focus, full time, on my martial arts school. As I near the end of the first month, I’m realizing just how much work I have to do in order to fully realize that dream. I used to joke with a former instructor of mine during long talks that he and I taught for different reasons. With a smile, I’d tell him that he taught because he had to put bread on the table, and I taught simply because I loved it. Now, years later, I too decided to make my livelihood teaching.

….. but this was not without a considerable amount of thought.

2008 – 2011 have quite literally been spent reaffirming that this is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. This is my way of giving back to the world. Tang Soo Do is what I do. I had to establish that within myself before taking this plunge. I now know how important if is to explore and confirm that first in order to be true to yourself and your practice. As scary as it was to do so, I know if was the right decision when I made it.

So, where have I been? Re-establishing myself. I’ve closed one chapter and started another. I’ve been figuring out my new schedule, learning more about the business of running a successful school (a necessary evil), and laying some firm groundwork as Texas Coast Karate evolves. It makes for quite a busy adventure. As a matter of fact, the annoying of work that goes into doing it right is worthy of yet another subject topic in this blog. Just one more aspect of the journey, y’know…..

I’ve also slightly broadened the scope of things that I have to offer to give back to the world. This first month as a full time instructor, I took some time out of my own schedule to become Reiki 1 & 2 certified in the Usui tradition. I’ve always been of the opinion that a trained marital artist should also have the ability to heal in at least some degree, so I sought out an avenue to do so. It has, thus far, been an eye opening experience to say the least; and I hope to chronicle that experience here as well.

Needless to say, I’ve been anything but idle since my last post; and there are no signs of slowing down anytime soon. There are still blog topics I want to attack, and experiences I want to share with the readers of this blog. It’s gonna be a good year folks, so hang on.

(Master) Wayne Boozer

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