“Self-mastery means developing a sense of who you are, what you can do, where you are going, coupled with the ability to influence your communication, emotions, and behavior on the way to getting there." (Bryant, Kazan 2012).
The road to self-mastery starts with self-awareness!
Self-awareness means being aware of ourselves. Knowing our strengths, weaknesses, triggers, our beliefs, values, and tendencies. If you listen to the podcast, you know that I have talked about awareness quite a bit.
In today’s episode, I talk with my neighbor, Dov, who has studied martial arts for over 50 years, and invited me to watch a Japanese sword class.
He shares how awareness is a lesson taught in Japanese sword and the importance of it in order to get to the level of self-mastery. Gaining this awareness will allow us to take action towards reaching the desired outcome for our lives.
Now you don’t have to learn Japanese sword to gain self-awareness or self-mastery. You need to acquire more knowledge of yourself, including the good a bad parts of you and then learn how to navigate your actions.
If this topic has piqued your interest and you want to know more, please connect with me
here so we can talk about how I can help guide you to your own self-awareness.
Bio
Dov Nadel Sensei has been practicing, studying, and teaching martial arts for four decades. He has studied European Saber and Foil, Japanese Staff and Chain Weapons, three different schools of IAIDO (the Art of Drawing the Sword), Naginata, Temashigeri, Jujitsu, Jodo [short staff], Shuriken, Sports Chanbara, and Aikijitsu.
His Iaido and Tameshigeri teachers include Takahashi Sensei, Steve Anderson Sensei, Dr. Ben Hazard Sensei, and Phil Ortiz Sensei. He also studied Naginata with Maylene Hazard Sensei.
Dov Sensei is also a Naturopathic Doctor who integrates his martial arts training in his healing practice.
Contact Info:
Phone Number: (831) 421 - 1471
Episode Resources:
ISBN 0-394-72770-3.
ISBN 0-517-56524-2.
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