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WARNING- The following video is extremely disturbing. Frankly, this video should never have been shot; the person holding the camera should have dropped the damn camera and helped this girl… What is wrong with us? Two unarmed teenage girls terrorize a third young woman, apparently because she is trans-gendered, and beat her into a seizure [...]

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Dateline NBC is airing a series of amazing experiments to show what happens when decent kids witness bullying. Will they stand up for the target? Will they pitch in and defend the target? Will they “mind their own business” and do nothing? There will always be bullies. While we constantly work to change the behavior [...]

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In 26 years in the study and practice of combat arts I have learned 2, and only 2 incontrovertible facts about fighting: Someone is going to get hurt. Probably both people. In San Antonio last week a community of students experienced these truths first-hand. Two students, by all accounts good kids, had a beef and [...]

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The Black Belt Mindset Institute at Northern Chi Martial Arts Center is sponsoring a very special event on May 10th! Curtis Memorial Library- proceeds benefit Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bath-Brunswick and the Library! This session for parents, educators and anyone who works with children teaches how to recognize and deal with real bullies in school, [...]

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Casey Heynes is not a hero… He doesn’t think so either. He wishes the whole thing never happened. “Asked if he was a superhero, he laughed and said: ‘No I wish I was.’” (Rosie Squires, TheTelegraph.com.au- read full article here.) First, let’s take a breath and get some perspective on this specific incident. This event is the [...]

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One of the primary tenets of Black Belt Mindset is personal responsibility. Have we completely lost sight of what this means? Here’s the story- Aaron Poisson steals a tip jar from a Starbucks counter. This jar contained less than $5.00. Another customer, Roger Kruetz chased the thief out the door. The thief then jumped into [...]

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In another incident of employees being fired for defending themselves or company property, four Wal-Mart employees have been dismissed for disarming a man with a handgun. Did these men do the right thing in this situation? Listen to their story and comment… Click here for full video from FOX News…

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By Jim Bouchard, founder & Master Instructor of Northern Chi Martial Arts Center; speaker, medial personality and author of “Think Like a Black Belt.” On Tuesday, December 14th a man named Clay Duke interrupted a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida. He walked in with a can of spray paint and a handgun. Duke [...]

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By Jim Bouchard, Northern Chi Martial Arts Center founder, speaker and author of Think Like a Black Belt At school or in the workplace, a bully can make life miserable. The target of a bully at school usually earns lower grades, can be socially isolated, depressed and in the most extreme cases even suicidal. At [...]

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Tyler Wilson has some plans. He wants to earn a full-scholarship to college and he’s starting at age nine to make his dream come true through football- not as a player; as a cheerleader. Tyler’s interest in cheerleading made him a target of some bullies who jumped him and broke his arm. I don’t know [...]

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