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Healthcare Workers Continuing Professional Development - Clinical and Leadership Training
[Reference-and-Education:Online-Education] Improving both clinical skills and workforce skills (leadership, management of patients and staff etc.) involves ongoing education relating occupation category to pedagogy (curriculum design). Medeserv uses primarily online tools for providing healthcare Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with face-to-face support when appropriate.

Sports Karate vs. Traditional Fighting - Why They Evolved The Way They Did And Employing Both
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] Sports Karate vs. traditional fighting – is your Dojo’s curriculum working these synergistically? Why each evolved the way they did and why analysis makes them synergistic. - Does your dojo have a check system (flow chart) for decision based training towards either dealing with an untrained attacker versus an elite karate athlete? - Do you have a 1:1 link to your fighting training, kata form and bunkai in a way which also relates to tournament kumite performance? - Do you engage in the correct tournament fighting approach, or street fighting approach when training?

Osu: The Meaning Of "Osu" In Karate
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] The literal meaning of the expression "Osu!" can be determined from the kanji (Chinese characters) from which the term is derived (see above). Osae means "to press" and shinobu means "patience" or "steady spirit". These two symbols are combined in the traditional Japanese martial arts to form Osu, which translates as "persevere while pushing oneself to the absolute limit". A cursory reading of this definition might tempt one to think that advancement in karate than is therefore equated with the development of extreme physical and mental strength. However, to stop at this understanding would be to miss the point of karate completely.

Why is Karate Kata Important? Three Points of Discussion
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] Why is Kata Important? Three Points of discussion: -Philosophy & Zen -Relationship to sports karate? -A time chest of Advanced self defense techniques for black belts Kata must be the foundation of karate training. It allows one to share a pool of knowledge which the greatest karate-ka of the past, and present, have used to study the Way....

Dojo Businesses - The Famous "Sun Tzu’s - Art of War" Interpreted for Martial Arts Business
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] The most famous text on Budo strategy is Sun Tzu’s "Art of War" which was written in China 2,500 years ago. Today it is still considered the most complete text of strategy, partnering and success. It is therefore commonly employed by top level executives around the world, and taught in leading business schools. Ironically, martial artists who run their own business (e.g. a commercial dojo, or organization) often know little about this most famous body of work on Budo, and how it is applied to the business setting. Business interpretations from "The Art of War" apply to the following areas at a minimum:

Origins & Methods of ShoDo - Japanese Calligraphy for Zen & Martial Arts
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] ShoDo - Japanese Calligraphy is often related to Zen, Karate and the martial arts. It has been practiced by some of the most famous martial artists that have ever lived and is an art to be appreciated, and contemplated.

Japanese and Western Dojos: Comparisons Made By a Westerner Who Lived in Japan With a Karate Master
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] What is it like to test for a belt in Japan as a Westerner? Or to live with a Master? This article will try to provide brief insights by reflecting on my time Japan between 1995 and 2002. I will also reflect on short-term visits to Japan made by my Californian students to test for Dan ranks. I was fortunate enough to have spent part of my time in and around Japan as an "uchi-deshi" – a live in student of a master. On arriving in Japan my comparisons of East vs. West martial arts came from a somewhat experienced viewpoint since I had already been training in Japanese martial arts for more than 10 years, competed at an international level, and had my own dojo operating in California.

Tournament Fighting and the Use of Proven Zen & Budo Strategy
[Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts] There is a good reason the samurai adopted Zen philosophy and its strategic insights – it optimized fighting strategy and taught them to deal with fear and death to obtain victory. The benefits were proven over hundreds of years in situations where the penalty for failure was not loss of a "point," but death. Today Zen is rarely taught in fighting, and the focus of martial arts classes are usually all physical despite the fact that the mental component is the most important attribute in any fight – tournament, or real life.

Managing Conflict, in Life & Work: Using Ancient and Modern Approaches
[Business:Negotiation] Conflict is unavoidable, as each individual has unique and differing thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Therefore, it is important to learn ways to minimize and manage this difficulty, in order to ensure efficient and harmonious interactions. This article provides the genesis of a personal path, introducing tools and ways to minimize and manage conflict, while pointing to the origin of these concepts. After an overview of these modern and ancient approaches, a discussion will follow on applying successful tools and techniques for managing conflict. These ideas can be used to help clear the mind for better decision-making, and consequently, ensure a personal pathway to success.

Asian Business Strategy and Approaches Today Compared to the West - Lessons from Classic Text
[Business:Management] This Article covers the differences in East and West business strategies and is a great read for someone doing business overseas in Asia.

Comparing Ancient Programs from the East to Modern Programs like Stephen Covey
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] Profound lessons for conflict managment, leadership, change, victory, networking, competition are explored by analyzing both old and new methods for business training. This Article will relate Eastern methods of conflict managment (Zen, Sun Tzu's "Art of War") to modern programs such as Stephen Covey's "7 habits of highly effective people".