Posts by Mathew Booe

Parents and adult students alike when first entering the martial arts world will have already come across the ideas of black and color belts. The problem for the newcomer is knowing what they all...

When many people think of liberal versus conservative, they don't have the original uses of these ideas in mind. They think of political affiliations and government entities. Though these are...

So what does it mean to discover you're being a terrible son or at the very least, your parents and extended family think you are? How do you figure that out and once you do, what do you do about it?...

For some of us, when we hear that someone is clever we take it as a half compliment, half slight. Others see it as an efficient and even admirable use of intelligence. Given that people use it in...

We all know that person that the moment they enter the room or even their name is spoken, we think of laughter and joking. Yet, is joking or entertaining others always the main determiner of a...

There is little worse than having to rely on someone only to find they have disappeared and left you to handle a situation yourself while doing their part as well. Consistency has some part to play...