All posts by Shifu Ahles

Pitfalls of Future Focus – Learn to Enjoy Your NOW

When will it be 5pm, the weekend, when is vacation, how long until retirement? Do you find yourself always thinking of what’s next instead of what’s now? Then this talk is the wake up call you need. It’s weaved with intereresting stories that bring home the importance of seeking out the joy in our lives rather than focus on the suffering. Sit down and soak it in as Shifu Ahles drives home the point – learn to enjoy your NOW.

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Q & A: Tracker School Experiences, Group Practice, and Toughness

This week’s talk provides a chance to listen in as Shifu Ahles retells some of his unusual experiences at Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School and shares examples of what can happen when you learn to see and feel things beyond the physical world. A student questions if it’s a negative to prefer to practice with others rather than solo practice. The two ways to learn about yourself through your martial arts practice is revealed in this talk. This Q & A wraps up with the question many martial arts students have pondered…how do you know when you’ve reached the level to successfully defend yourself? Watch and find out!

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Climbing Your Mountain – The Voyage “Home”

Climbing Your Mountain – The Voyage “Home” by Shifu Raymond Ahles We each have our mountain to climb. Some we choose consciously, others seem randomly thrown in our path throughout life. You can choose to avoid – ignore – deny. You can turn your back and delay. You can argue and fight – kick your […]

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Cultivating Positive Daily Habits, Expanding Consciousness & Being Human

This talk starts with a story about the Buddha and his students who ask the Buddha “what are you?”. You’ll have to listen to this enlightening talk about cultivating positive daily habits that help expand the consciousness and teaches you that your practice can be 24/7. That age old expression of we are “only human” is explored by Shifu Ahles as he challenges the thought process behind it that makes it too easy to let ourselves off the hook when we do not respond well to temptations and challenges.

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Reverse Q & A – Meditation Experiences

The tables are turned in this reverse Q&A where Shifu Ahles gets to ask the questions and students answer! This talk gets interesting as students and audience members describe their own personal meditation experiences including what challenges they face when trying to meditate. You’ll find some useful tips as you listen as fellow students discuss what methods worked for them when facing similar challenges.

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The Importance of Consistent Practice

Forget your favorite TV show and tune into this week’s talk instead that is packed with information about your training. In this highly relatable talk, Shifu Ahles takes us through the importance of consistent practice both physical and mental so that in times of crisis or disaster, you will be able to call upon your training when it is needed the most…in your real life. This talk ends with a very interesting question about meditation and discovering your true self that leads to some excellent information that you will not want to miss out on.

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