The Harvest Concept Podcast

In this episode we start a discussion on Dr. He-Young Kimm’s article in the November 2022 article in HOONLYUN magazine written by CM David Higgs. This is a great conversation on why Dr Kimm is who he is.

Dr Kimm tells a story, about making your line longer. We discussed making your life longer, blackbelt, moving on, and doing other things, and being a martial artist for life.

We discuss the last chapters in Musashi’s Book of Five Rings. The Wind Book and The Book of the Void.

We continue our discussion of Musashi’s fire book.

We discuss hosting visiting students at harvest.

We discuss the fire book from the book of 5 rings.

Justin opens up and tells a story of anxiety and alcohol abuse and how martial arts helped to turn it around. Martial arts classes are hard but living with anxiety is even harder. Justin tells about his friend having a heart attack and the ptsd involved with that event.

Water book part 2

We talk about believing, taking first steps, and actually making a change in your life. Building endurance as you move forward in life.

We are discussing the water book

We talk through changes in routines, taking what you can, being a part of a community and being ok with being different.

In this episode we discuss the Water Book and how it relates to the sword, life, and Han Mu Do. We talk about “stickiness” and “belief.”

Working out with kids, comedy, and completely missing our mission of talking about our plan.

In this episode we discuss, The Book of 5 Rings by Mirimoto Musashi the famous Japanese Strategist.

In this episode Justin retells one of Dr. Kimm’s stories about a monk and his teacher. We discuss being a creator and watching your work come to life and compare it to kids being successful at life and how good it feels as a parent.

Tournament recap, being a teacher of teachers, and passing the torch.

Han Mu Do is supposed to help you better yourself, help others, and make a better world. We discuss being leaders and the importance of leading through our Han Mu Do practice on and off the mat.

Justin and Sara reflect on what we have accomplished, being a better listener, and having a safe place to have conversations.

Today we talk about recovering from injuries from broken toes to recovering from surgery. The benefit of being able to train through injury and make yourself stronger.

We talk about Han Mu Do testing at the school level, the stresses, the emotions, and the growth that happens. We talk about the difference between kids and adults on the testing floor.

Part of being a Black Belt is realizing how much you don’t know and that you will always need to be a student. Your art should continue to progress or else you will be letting your hard work slip away.

We talk about being a committed parent and putting your kids future first. Believing in what you are doing for your kids. Keeping your kids involved in Martial Arts,

Sara and Justin discuss getting hooked on a Korean TV shows, Korean Culture‘s rise to popularity and how beautiful it is.

Sara and Justin get into finding what’s best for you. When you are looking for someone to follow you really need to do your research and feel all the feels.