The Ultimate Black Belt Test represents a radical departure from the “standards” for testing, training, teaching, and curriculum in the martial arts world.
The UBBT is a mentoring program, a business program, a life-coaching program, a fellowship of like-minded people, and an experiment in new methods and concepts in the arena of martial arts practice. Check this blog often to track Sensei Jason Gould as he embarks upon his UBBT journey!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Eating Like A Champion, Part I
Coach Tom has always encouraged us to "eat like a champion." To master our diet. I'm pleased to report that I've vastly improved my diet since first meeting Coach Tom — In fact, I fondly recall that my first live conversation with him a few years back was on my cell phone while I sat in a pizza shop eating a greasy slice or pepperoni and drinking a cola. (And as you might guess, he nailed me for it.) Well, I still like pizza, but I've learned to incorporate it into a much healthier way of nourishing my body.
Looking back, I've realized that one thing I haven't done yet is carry Coach's valuable message about the importance of diet forward in any real tangible way, so starting this week, from time to time I'll be showing you what I'm eating — not so much as a way of demonstrating my mastery of the subject (ha!), but as a way of showing you what I'm learning and how I'm growing.
So here goes.
Today's breakfast: An apple, a banana but muffin, and a mango smoothie.
A 20+ year practitioner of the martial arts and 4th degree karate Black Belt, Jason Gould is the founder of Emerald Necklace Martial Arts in Boston's Allston neighborhood.
Sensei Gould has been certified as a martial arts instructor by the American Council on Martial Arts. He is currently studying to earn a Specialist in Martial Arts Conditioning (SMAC) certificate from the International Sports Sciences Association.
Sensei Gould is a certified instructor for the radKIDS personal empowerment and safety education program for children and the R.A.D. Basic Physical Defense program for women. He dutifully maintains his CPR certification through the American Red Cross.
Sensei Gould is a Boston University graduate and former United States Marine Corps officer. In 2002 and 2004, respecitvely, city officials recognized the Neighborhood Crime Watches he helped start in Mission Hill and Allston as one of the Top Ten crime watches in Boston.
Sensei Gould is a member of the Ultimate Black Belt Test, a one-year instructor training program for master teachers. He reidesin Allston, MA with his unusually patient wife and their daughter.
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