Posts Tagged ‘motivational talks’

Got My Karate Bo Staff Form Back

Monday, July 19th, 2010

#martialarts #karate  – Okay, I got my karate bo staff form back after two training sessions following a long layoff from the winter and spring.  Actually, I now remember two slightly different versions of the form I did before the winter.  One includes a certain sequence while the other version skips it.

I wasn’t sure if this additional sequence was going to look any good so the only way is to video the form with and without it to see which would be better.  But I’m pretty happy that the form came back into my memory after two sessions.  I was a bit disappointed during the first training session because I had forgotten much of the form since I didn’t perform the full form at all during the winter and spring.

Since both possible versions of my karate bo staff form are so similar, I’m going to keep training it for a few weeks before the video just to get stronger with the entire form again.  I’m using my heaviery bo staffs to help build up the power again too rather than my competition bo staffs which are very light.

Perhaps later on in the fall, I will finally be able to video the present form to replace an old bo form I have on YouTube.   If you see a guy with a red top gi and black pants, that’s me.  That form has been replaced by my present one which is more streamlined and powerful.

I’ve had requests at my live motivational talks to perform more of my karate bo staff since I only do a few moves.  I’m not sure if I’m going to do this because I’m usually in my business suits.  I do show an introduction video which has parts of my bo staff form at the beginning of many of these live talks.

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Mentally Ready To Retire From Martial Arts Competition

Monday, July 5th, 2010

#martialarts #karate #kungfu #mma #mixedmartialarts #ufc #taekwondo

I never thought that I would actually feel like this.  Even though I haven’t competed in martial arts for the last two years since I’ve been focusing on my speaking career, there was always the intention to possibly return to competition especially since the big circuit NASKA has a division for 50 and over.  I’m not at that age group yet but of course I will get there.

However, as I write this post, I’m actually feeling mentally ready to retire.  There are all those hassles of competition including travel and waiting around for your divisions to run, etc.  I’ve certainly had my fill of those over the years.  As for the trophies and awards, I don’t want anymore since I have enough of these dust collectors — see my martial arts background.

I do admit that I would still get a kick out of performing martial arts in front of an audience and doing well.  However, I’m getting a bigger kick out of speaking especially when I know that my motivational speeches are making a positive impact on people in my audiences.  Plus speaking in front of audiences also pays better than martial arts competition!

I never thought that I would tire of performing martial arts but what has happened is that I found something else that is giving me an even better return both financially and mentally in regards to personal satisfaction.  I will still do martial arts as part of my own fitness as I’m a lifer.  I will also still include martial arts in my speaking presentations and Motivational WebTV shows.  Perhaps that type of inclusion is enough.

Now having said all that, if there’s a chance to represent Canada on the national team again AND if a world event is in an interesting place I would really want to visit, then I may entertain martial arts competition again but only if those conditions are right.  Otherwise, I don’t really see myself back to compete on a regular basis anymore.

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Motivational Speaker Will Feature Karate Bo Staff Weapon

Friday, June 18th, 2010

#karate #martialarts #taekwondo #kungfu #ufc #mma

I was speaking at a Rotary club in Burlington, Ontario this morning as their guest keynote speaker and the member who introduced me was a 2nd degree black belt in karate.  So of course we ended up having a good conversation about martial arts during the breakfast before I went on for my talk.

During my talk as their motivational speaker, as with pretty well all of my motivational talks as well as diversity talks now, I bring out a karate bo staff weapon in order to help illustrate a key point in achieving success in everyday life.  This has been one of the highlights of my talks according to audience members.

So far, people online can see a short glimpse of my karate bo staff in action during the opening sequences of my Clint Cora Motivational WebTV show every other week.  This is my online video program on motivation, achieving success and diversity.  However, the sequence with my bo staff weapon is quite short so audiences get really get a good feel for it.

So I have decided to shoot an entire episode of Clint Cora Motivational WebTV using the karate bo staff weapon.  This will be the next coming episode which will be announced in a few days.  It will show those who haven’t been to one of my motivational speaker live talks yet a better look at my karate weapon and how I use it to teach an important success principle.  So stay tuned right here on this blog or better yet, sign up for my Motivation Diversity Success Newsletter at the sidebar of this blog so you will get alerts to all new episodes as they come out.

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College Students Having Karate Fun During Diversity Talk

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Here is a short video of college and university students having some karate fun during a diversity talk given by karate world champion Clint Cora.  This is an example of how Clint utilizes karate in pretty well all of his diversity and motivational talks.

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Full Sized Bo Staff Used During Motivational Talks

Monday, April 20th, 2009

The last few venues I’ve presented my motivational talks in were nice sized rooms where I was able to use my full sized bo staff during the parts of my speech where martial arts are used.  In many or even most venues, I usually do not get enough room to use my real bo staffs.  Instead, I have to use a shorter broom stick which still does the job but things are much nicer when I can use the real full length bo staff.  The use of my bo staff during my motivational talks really differentiates myself from others as a professional motivational speaker and the audiences appreciates this.

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