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Doesn't it seem that it was just 2006's New Year celebration.

I was driving back from the airport last night after coming back from vacation and as I was calling all the family with late Christmas wishes, I got to thinking about the whole New Year's resolutions deal.

Every year, article after article come out about "Your New Year - make it the best ever" or something along those lines and they all talk about goal or resolutions and how you can achieve, do, lose weight, earn more money, blah, blah, blah...

Hogwash.

All of these are missing one critical ingredient that if you don't understand, you stand about as much chance as the Republicans being relevant on Capitol Hill for the next two years.

Let's look at what happens around this time.

You do the same thing every year. You make a big list of all that happened the previous year, you think about what it is you want for the next year.

You want to make more money. Lose some weight. Spend more time with the kids. Have a better relationship with your spouse. Pay off some debt and invest more.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it.

Most of us, if we look back at our lists from previous years, we see that we may have hit one or two of the things we wrote down, but not on the scale we wanted and we missed the others by a mile.

Thanks to Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I (and my Mentor - thanks, Coach), I figured out why this approach doesn't work.

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, which you can get at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, it is taught that who you are in your core will determine what you do and how you do it.

Brian Tracy, renowned author and motivational speaker, says, "You get on the outside what you are on the inside."

There is an old saying that states, "To do something you've never done, you have to become someone you have never been."

All of this can be summed up that if in your head, you don't think and see yourself as the type of person who can accomplish what it is you wrote down, or the type of person who deserves or is good enough to do and have the things you wrote down, it ain't gonna happen.

Take a time out for a check up from the neck up. Did you make a bunch of grand resolutions and set yourself up for disappointment.

Did you make a bunch of goals that you have never even dreamed of before or come even close to.

If you did, think about who do you have to become or how do you need to think to grow into that person.

Really give yourself a good looking over. Think about how you feel about you. Are you happy with yourself. If not, look at how you think and see yourself in that area.

Change how you see yourself, and you can change your results.

Only when you believe and see yourself as the type of person that can achieve and get all the things want do you have any shot at attaining them.

Make this the year that you work on you, making yourself the best you can.

You do that and many of those pesky resolutions and goals will a whole bunch easier to achieve and who knows...

You might find out that they may take care of themselves.

Make it the Year of You.

All the best this 2007,

William Huff

P.S. - There is mucho new products rolling out of Shaolin Secrets in the very near future, but to get started, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I. See the first of ten volumes of the written recorded history and training techniques of the legendary Shaolin Temple of China.

During the Holidays, besides diving my brains out and enjoying the local cuisine of Cozumel, I was watching one of my favorite sporting events, the Ultimate Fighting Championships.

But this time, it wasn't my normal venue for watching, which is at home in front of the big screen with the surround sound jacked up so every bone-jarring strike sounds like a hammer hitting a piece of wet wood.

No, this time I was in Mexico, in the outdoor courtyard of an Irish bar, watching the fights on a television that had been propped up on milk crates high enough for everyone to see and hot-wired into an electrical outlet for power.

Sandro, who was my dive master for the trip and a huge martial arts fan, knew what I did for a living and as we were talking martial arts one day he asked if I was going to watch the fights.

I told him I was looking for a place that was going to show it and if I found one, I would call him. Once I found out about Kelley's, I buzzed him and told him to meet me there.

While I was there waiting for him, I noticed something. Wave after wave of people coming in asking about the fights.

People on the islands for an extended vacation. Foreigners that had moved to the island and didn't have cable. Tourists off of the cruise ships not wanting to miss the fights and even locals who were martial arts fans.

I asked to sit with a nice couple from Missouri, Larry and Jane. They were there on vacation and Larry, who is an undercover narcotics officer and looks like a biker version of Hulk Hogan, was a huge fan of the martial arts.

As Larry and I got to talking about the arts, Sandro shows up with his friends. They jump in the conversation and then some people from the cruise ships show up, ask if they can hop in, and they start talking about it.

Pretty soon, we had a large crowd huddled around the milk crates waiting for the fights to start, all of us jabbering back and forth about the martial arts.

What was amazing was how everyone was drawn to the martial arts through this event. The more people I talked to, the more they all said that they admired the fights and fighters because of their skills, their knowledge and also the respect that they had for each other and the arts.

Larry asked me how the fighters did what they did and more detailed questions about the martial arts, so I told him about Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

I shared with him that if he went to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, he could get some of the oldest and most authentic information in the world on martial arts principles and training.

He would have access to the original written recorded history of the legendary Shaolin Temple of China. Ten volumes of secrets, principles, training tips, and more, all used to train martial artists from over fifteen hundred years ago to today.

As the fights were going on, I was showing him different fighters were using different principles taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I. How as they used them it changed what was happening and gave the fighter an advantage.

Larry was pretty blown away and asked for my e-mail and the website so he could go check it out for himself. We exchanged contact information and I thanked him for letting me park it with him and his wife and enjoy the fights together.

As I was leaving, I was inspired and amazed that the martial arts can bring so many different cultures and types of people together.

I was also fired up at how much Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I could help all of them, regardless of their skill sets or experience in the martial arts. I just know that Larry is going to be stoked when he gets to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - If you haven't done it yet, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy before Larry does. I think once he sees how cool it is, he might try to arrest me for making this information available.

Is that some funny stuff or what.

It's amazing to watch. The wide eyes as they watch an adult walk past them. The glance at the nearest object as their mind starts to form an idea.

A crawl over to end table or chair; the look up at it and then the decision to grab it and start to pull.

Attempt after attempt at pulling up; first one wobbly leg and then the other. Huge grin as the realization sets in that "Hey...I'm standing."

Then the crash onto their buns. And the process repeats.

Pretty soon, they can pull up and stand, and then the tentative first steps, holding Mom or Dad's fingers. More huge grins and slobber as they take the first steps.

From there, it's like rocket fuel. They keep falling and getting up, falling and getting up, each time trying to go a bit farther and farther.

There's lots of bruises, fat lips, bumps on the noggin and more, but they keep on keepin' on.

After what seems like mere moments, they are practically running, and now you can't keep track of them.

Learning to walk is a fundamental motor skill that serves us for life.

What was a huge developmental task turns into second nature; none of us has to think about how to walk, jog, sprint, run, hop or anything else. We just naturally do it now.

Some people develop it so well that they become professional athletes in sports. They study and develop it so they have it down to a science.

Learning the foundational principles of the martial arts is just like learning to walk.

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I - Foundational Principles, the very fundamental principles and movements are taught in detail.

The Shaolin Monks of China, world-renowned for their martial arts, has been training martial artists for thousands of years and Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I is the very first of ten volumes of the written recorded history and training manuals of the Shaolin Temple itself.

The Shaolin Temple has a step-by-step approach for training and these volumes are a record of what and how they train people.

Volume I is what I call the "Learning to Walk" volume. If you want to really dive into the how and why your martial arts works, this is the volume you have to start with.

Many people who already have Volume I have written to me explaining that they had no idea how much they didn't know about martial arts principles and skills and how a whole new world opened up to them once they got into Volume I.

Go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and check out the story behind Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I and get your own today.

I promise that it will be easier than learning how to walk. And you'll be blown away at what secrets are revealed in this Volume.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Mucho new products on the way. Stay tuned for the announcements because once everyone finds out what these products are and what they cover, they are going to fly out the door.

P.P.S. - If you don't have Volume I yet, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com now and get it. The volumes were written in such a way that one builds on the next so if you don't have Volume I and skip ahead, you going to be lost in the sauce.

It was a hangout for barflies, loose women, bikers, malcontents and general troublemakers.

At 5'6' and 140lbs., I was less than intimidating when it came to asking guys to behave themselves or tossing someone out on their ear if the situation called for it.

Because of my martial arts training, I wasn't afraid to go up to much larger men and ask them to behave themselves or they would have to go.

One particular evening there was a giant of a man behaving badly and I got nominated to ask him to leave.

When I say big, I mean e-norm-ous. Samoan. Thick everywhere. And quite lubricated from the evening's activities.

I had to look up to him to ask him to leave. He laughed at me and turned his back. I walked around to the front of him, asked him again to leave.

He looked at me kinda funny and then shifted his feet, adjusting his weight.

I could see what was coming next, so I waited and sure enough, he took a swing at me. I just ducked and his momentum carried his front forward as he stepped passed me, losing his balance a little bit and turning his back.

That was what I was looking for, so I jumped on his back and choked him out. Time for beddy-bye.

He woke up outside in the parking lot and he was Not Happy. But he was outside and I was unhurt.

If I hadn't known the martial arts and just gotten into a fistfight or wrestling match with the guy, I could have been squashed like a bug.

Any martial artist with a grain of integrity will tell you, "Size DOES matter". But so does skill.

If you take two martial artists and make them fight each other and they are both equally skilled, generally the larger fighter will prevail. Mass is a scientific fact and if both fighters are equal in talent, the bigger man stands a better chance.

On the flip side, if you are the smaller man but have a greater level of skill then your larger opponent, then you have the advantage.

This principle, along with countless other principles of combat are taught in detail in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

This volume is the first of the ten volumes of the written recorded history and training techniques of the legendary Shaolin Temple of China.

Over fifteen hundred years of priceless information, recorded by the Shaolin Temple and transcribed in to English for the very first time.

To learn more about these volumes and more on the fighting arts, go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and check out Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Size does matter...in some things. But if you go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, you'll learn that in the martial arts, size isn't the only thing. Go there now.

Traveling to a foreign country and not being able to speak the language can get you caught in situations were your anxiety level gets elevated.

For example, have you ever been traveling and in need of a bathroom and not been able to either find one or ask for one in the native tongue.

It happened to me and it ended up with me playing charades as a mimed sitting down on a toilet in the middle of a shopping mall to a very disturbed looking security guard.

Lucky for me he was pretty good at charades.

It got me to thinking about one of my trips to the Shaolin Temple.

My wife is Chinese and speaks Mandarin but I have to admit, I haven't been bugging her enough to where she'll teach me. So I learn by being around her family and when we travel to China and Taiwan.

So there I was, ten days in China and another five days in Taiwan and I don't habla except for a couple of words and phrases.

There are four things in life and the world that are pretty universal. Love, money, music and the martial arts.

Love. Amore. That magical attraction you get with someone that when you make eye contact, you get the butterflies in your gut and music bursting in your ears as rockets go off...

Okay, maybe not the rockets. But attraction is universal. You can be traveling in Italy and make eye contact with someone, the sparks fly, and you're off on an adventure as you try to bridge the language barrier with words.

Money. Dinero. Duckets. Cha-chingus. Why is it that in almost every sales situation a new salesperson finds himself in, the first question usually asked by a potential buyer is, 'How much is it.'

Because if you or I don't know anything about a product or service, the only thing that we can relate it to is money. You might not be able to speak a lick of German, but when the massive Fraulein behind the bar holds up three fingers after giving you your pint of stout German beer, you know that means 'pay up'.

Music is a language that is often overlooked. I studied music at a young age and still struggle as a beginning guitar player today. I played classically for seven years and the ability to read music, sing, understand music theory and pitch has all helped me as I work on learning the technique of playing guitar.

The cool thing about music is that you can take a song like the Star Spangled Banner, put that sheet of music in front of any musician in the world that can read music, and he'll be able to play it, regardless if he speaks English or not. The notes are the notes, here in America or in Timbuktu.

Let's not forget the martial arts. While at the Shaolin Temple, I trained for three days. The Instructor was a Shaolin Monk who didn't speak a lick of English. As a matter of fact, he may have had his sense of humor surgically removed because he was one serious dude.

He started us off and for every minute of the training, he would lead and we would follow. He would grunt to tell us to move and would say nothing and stare when he wanted us to hold that position.

He corrected by coming around, standing next to us and showing what and how we should do what he was teaching. Every once in awhile he would physically touch you and move you a certain way, but not often.

I learned the old school way. The way children learn when they can't talk yet. I watched. I followed. I repeated what he did exactly, or as close as I could.

I was excited as a two year old watching Sponge Bob when I saw how he was moving his feet and transitioning his weight so smoothly and quickly. I picked it up because I had been focusing on his feet and watching his every move. I had to; we couldn't talk in words.

It was close to a hundred degrees, almost one hundred percent humidity, he was just shouting grunts as we moved by the numbers, are clothing absolutely soaked and stuck to our skin with sweat...

It was old school. And it was one of the most magical times in my life.

On our last day when we completed our training, our Instructor was kind enough to pose for photos with us. He was very gracious and patient, even shaking hands with myself and several others.

He couldn't have known the gift he had given all of us. I had learned that like love, money and music, the martial arts can be a bridge to cross the language barrier and allow you to communicate and learn with a fellow martial artist.

There was one more thing it had taught me. That there was a success principle that we were being taught on top of the martial arts.

We couldn't talk to each other, so the Monk would lead and we would follow, modeling his every move.

If you want to be successful at something, all you have to do is find someone doing what it is you want to do...and follow in his footsteps.

All the success in area of your life that you want has been done by someone before. All we have to do is find that person and model their thoughts, beliefs and action steps.

And we'll get what we want, every time.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - There's much more about the training of the Shaolin Temple and the Warrior Monks available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com. Here you can get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I and gain access to volume I of the Ten Volumes of the written recorded history of the Shaolin Temple. To read how this information was obtained and published, go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and see for yourself.

I remembered that quote because while I was recently studying my personal copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, something amazing happened.

I had been working on many of the foundational principles and techniques contained in Volume I when all of a sudden, a pattern jumped out at me.

It hit me like a left hook. There, right on the pages in front of my face, was the formula for success in mastering anything in the martial arts.

I got very excited and then I started laughing. "Wow", I thought to myself, "The Shaolin Masters wrote these ten volumes and while writing them, revealed the secret to how to master them.

But, just like a Chinese master, they didn't come out and tell me; they left it there in plain sight for me to learn on my own. Unbelievable."

It made me think back to many of the Martial Arts masters that I have been lucky enough to train with and almost all of them had done the same thing.

They would make sure that I had the pieces to a technique, and then could perform it on a person, but only after I had shown patience, persistence and performance, did they reveal the other critical ingredients and put me on the path to mastery.

Bruce Lee, who studied the Chinese arts for many, many years before developing Jeet Kun Do, understood this. The Shaolin Temple, which has been training martial artists for over fifteen hundred years, understood this.

The Warrior Monks of the Shaolin Temple knew that true mastery in the martial arts is about understanding. Understanding techniques, understanding principles, and more importantly, understanding oneself.

If you haven't started on the path to mastery, I suggest you go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com NOW and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

This is the first of the ten volumes of the written recorded history of the legendary Shaolin Temple of China. Over fifteen hundred years of martial arts expertise and instruction, translated to English and available for the very first time.

Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I contains detailed, step-by-step instruction on different laws and principles of combat as well as the foundational techniques, footwork and movement drills that will form your foundation as you learn and develop in the martial arts.

Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets,com and get Volume I now. Volume II, which has yet to be released world-wide, is on the horizon but you can't get Volume II until you have Volume I.

Get over there now...and get on the path to mastery.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - The Shaolin Warrior Monks are outstanding teachers. They understand that to build great martial artists, you have to start with a strong foundation. That's why you must start off with Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com. Without it, you won't be able to move on and study future volumes as they are released.

P.P.S. - Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume II is unbelievable. If you think Volume I was incredible, it's nothing compared to Volume II. You'll have to wait to find out more about what's inside Volume II but I can say this; if you don't have Volume I, get it. You won't be able to understand or use Volume II without all the information contained in Volume I.

In the bible, there was Adnah, commander of over 300,000 fighting men; Pericles from ancient Sparta, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Omar Bradley, Charlemagne, Clausewtiz, Cortes,; Farragut, Genghis Khan, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Julius Caesar, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, Napoleon, Patton, Richard the Lionheart, Rommel, Sun Tzu...the list goes on and on.

All of these men shared a common trait - one thing that allowed them to step up and become great leaders of men and historical figures ...

They all had read Secrets of the Shaolin Temple.

Okay; maybe not the one available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, but they had learned two keys to winning in combat that are taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple.

There are two keys that they all understood and used to their advantage in combat.

The first key is distance. One of my Instructors once taught me, "He who controls the distance, controls the match.". Whatever advantage your opponent may have, you can cancel it out by using distance as a weapon.

The recent UFC fight between Liddell and Ortiz is a great example. Liddell used distance to cancel out Ortiz's wrestling skills and put himself in a position to use his striking skills to his advantage.

The second key is timing. Timing your attack or defense is critical to success in combat.

Sun Tzu, the great military strategist, taught to attack when the opponent wasn't ready. He also taught to use feints and deception as a way to confuse and interrupt the timing of your opponent.

You may know that you have a devastating left hook and a lightning right cross, but if you can't hit your opponent as he's coming in because your timing is off, your weapons don't matter much.

Your timing has to be on, and you must be able to interrupt or "break up" your opponent's timing. Footwork, body movement, hand and leg feints are all tools you can use to affect the timing of your opponent.

The great military leaders all used timing and distance to their advantage. The Shaolin Temple of China also understood and used these principles to train their legendary warrior monks in the combat arts.

That's why the concept of timing and distance and how to use them are taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

While you may not be on your way to being a military general, you still need your own copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

You'll want the only source that contains the foundational principles, laws and techniques that the legendary Shaolin Temple of China has used for thousands of years to train Shaolin Warrior Monks.

Learn what the great military generals knew - get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - You're serious about the martial arts and because you are, you know how important it is not just to learn techniques, but to learn the principles and strategies behind the techniques. That's why you have to go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I today. It's jam-packed with information that every true martial artist has to have.

Someone forgot to tell some of the parents I saw there yesterday.

I have two beautiful nieces, Phoebe and Hannah that are seven and five, and a nephew Stevie who is seven months. My sister came out to visit from back east and the first thing they wanted to do was to hit Disneyland.

They were all excited to go see Mickey so off we went. The girls are surprisingly fearless and wanted to go on all the "big girl' rides, so we went on a lightning tour of the park, hitting all the roller coasters and cool rides, like Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones.

While we were at the park, I noticed several incidents that popped up that told me that the message about "Happiest Place on Earth" isn't getting around.

The incidents I saw can be classified scientifically as "Mommy Meltdown". Moms telling their kids to "get away from me right now"; grabbing children by the arms and swinging them roughly into the stroller.

Mom and child squared off in a screaming match; Mom with her face red with frustration and child with tears running down the face and snot bubbles coming out of the nose.

These parents need the Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I. Badly.

No... not to use a pressure point attack to render their child asleep for five hours.

Sure, Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, contains the foundational principles, laws and techniques that the legendary Shaolin Monks of China has used to train the Shaolin Warrior Monks for over fifteen hundred years.

But it contains more; there is lesson after lesson on mental training exercises; exercises to clear the mind and to focus. Breathing exercises designed to build strength and energy as well as calm the mind and body.

Just one of those exercises could have saved a Mom I saw that looked like she was going to need a glass of wine (or ten) to relax once she got home.

No matter who you are, Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I has something in it that can take you to the next level.

So before your next trip to a theme park, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and pick up Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

You might be able to prevent Mickey or Goofy from getting scared by a "Mommy Meltdown".

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Stay tuned for a HUGE announcement coming soon - within a week or so. You will not want to miss this.

Last night, Jack had gotten himself into quite a pickle by agreeing to sacrifice himself for the good of the country by agreeing to give himself up to a terrorist who wanted Jack dead for killing his terrorist brother.

In exchange, this terrorist would give up the name of a different terrorist who was allegedly behind the multiple and continuing terrorist attacks in the United States.

The exchange was made and Jack, now in the clutches of the Bad Guy, was slowly being tortured by the Bad Guy, just as Jack had done to the Bad Guy's brother when Jack was trying to get information from him on a bombing in Lebanon.

The Bad Guy, angry for getting interrupted during his torture session, leaves the room where Jack is being held to take a phone call, leaving a guard on Jack.

Jack, realizing his opening, does something that made me jump right out of my chair.

He breaks out one of two Shaolin Secret principles, right there on national television.

First, he uses deception. He had a blood pressure cuff on that tracked his vital signs and using his teeth, he tears it off and then slumps down like he's dead.

Lookout Bad Guy, hearing the vital signs machine sound off with the death sound, rushes in and starts to check on Jack's body.

Which is when Jack breaks out Shaolin Secrets principle number two; hit your opponent in a vital spot.

Jack kicks the Lookout Bad Guy as hard as he can, right in the pills. Then, as the Lookout Bad Guy grabs his groin and bends forward, Jack attacks the side of his neck with his teeth, killing him.

Okay; the whole killing him with a bite to the neck is a stretch - but it made for good teevee.

The rest of the show was the typical pulse-pounding, riveting stuff that this show is known for, and Jack is still chasing The Bad Guy...we'll all have to see how this one plays out.

What was amazing was the fact that everywhere you look where there is a combat or self defense situation, you see situations where Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I are being used.
Earlier I wrote to you about timing and distance, two of the most important principles that exist in any combat situation. In the teevee show, two more principles were exposed.

As a martial artist in a fighting situation, you must be able to use deception to your advantage. Sun Tzu taught deception by saying, "When strong, appear weak; When weak, appear strong."

By using deception, you can set your opponent up by getting him to look for one thing, all the while setting him up for something totally different.

Another principle was targeting a vital spot. I hope you never have to use your skills, but if you do, you want to strike areas guaranteed to cause injury to your opponent, not just piss him off.

You might have a great right cross, but if you hit him upside his head, where he has a really thick skull, instead of on the point of the chin or temple, you might wind up with a broken hand and a very Angry Bad Guy.

You don't want to be Jack Bauer, caught in a life or death situation and not have the information you need to survive.

Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I today.

Then you'll have the martial arts principles and techniques to triumph over The Bad Guy.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Super exciting stuff coming up this week and next. Stay tuned. In the meantime, if you haven't gotten your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

There's some exciting changes that are going to made to this volume as well as announcements on new products rolling out - which means availability, formatting and prices are all subject to change. Get yours now while we this Deluxe Edition is still available.

"Why do you say that" I asked.

"Because of how you like to learn. You want to know every detail of how and why a technique works. You're a technician. I bet you asked your parents a million questions about everything when you were growing up."

He was right. I did ask a million questions as a kid and now, as a professional martial artist, I do the same thing any time I train and study the arts.

How many times during your training do you catch yourself just "going through the motions"...you know, you are learning a new technique or practicing...but you aren't sure of the principle behind the technique.

If you don't know the "why" behind what it is you are doing, it's almost impossible to be successful at it, much less a master of it.

In the self development world, there is a saying, "When you're why is big enough, the how is easy."

That's an excellent way to look at your martial arts training.

Why are you in the arts. What is it that you are trying to accomplish. With the techniques you are practicing, what is their purpose. What is the principle behind the technique.

When you apply this technique to an opponent, what will his reaction be. Does your initial movement set you up for your next movement. If you miss your target and your opponent changes position on you, do you know what to do next.

These questions, and many more, are taught and covered in detail in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

The Shaolin Temple of China has been using the information contained in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I for over fifteen hundred years to train the finest martial artists in the world.

To discover how to take your training and martial arts skills to the next level, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - The Big Announcement is any moment. Stand by for huge news related to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and Secrets of the Shaolin Temple.

I was out of town on business and after TCOB - Taking Care of Business - I joined the group I was working with at the local watering hole to watch the playoffs.

Shortly after the playoffs started, a rather large guy - had to be about 6'4" and 240 lbs - came into the bar. He was obviously feeling no pain and his brain wasn't working right, because he came right up to a member of our group...and started running his mouth.

The guy he recognized and started popping off to is a former National Collegiate Wrestling Champion, World Kung Fu Champion and Catch Wrestler. Someone who would be on the list of people you do not want to piss off.

Well...what do you think the Big Drunk Moron wanted to do.

Yep. He wanted to see if he could whoop the Master. Right there - in the bar.

Of course, he brought up the subject like it was a joke...made a playful challenge and then started making moves like he was "going" to do something. After each comment he made he moved closer...and closer...and closer.

The Master did nothing. He just sat there with a smile, looking at the Big Guy and giving away nothing of his intentions. The Big Guy finally got close enough and made his move.

What happened next was not pretty... but it was hilarious.

The Big Drunk Moron didn't even know what hit him. In a split second, he was on his face, getting rug burn on his forehead and cheeks. By my count, he was screaming in pain about every five seconds.

He got caught in what looked like some sort of crooked head scissors that almost broke his neck and then he wound up on his belly, his arm being twisted in such a way that it looked like the Master was going to rip it off.

Smiling, the Master helped the Big Guy up off the floor. With his elbows and face bleeding from rug burns and every joint in his body aching, the Big Drunk Moron sheepishly tucked his tail between his legs, shook the Master's hand and went to a different part of the bar.

The Master had used principles that are taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com to overcome his larger opponent.

You don't have to be a Master to learn and use the principles taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I. You can go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com right now, order your copy and start learning the principles that helped put the Big Moron in his place.

Don't delay; get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets,com and get Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I...

Before a Big Drunk Moron messes with you when you are trying to enjoy some football.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - New stuff is just around the corner, so stay tuned...you don't want to miss the announcement.

There's nothing worse than going and working out with some guys and they start dancing around in their pajamas.

I can't stand that.

First of all, you are a man - that means no wearing of pajamas. It's either boxers, briefs or commando.

Secondly, there is no dancing in the training hall - particularly in pajamas.

That's what you are doing if you get into your uniform or training gear, go to the training room, dojo or dojang, and just start throwing yourself around, going through your stuff.

You don't just "run through" your stuff. You go slowly, checking everything to make sure that your physical technique is sound, but also you know what the hell it is that you are doing.

You go slowly so that you can make sure that you know and can feel what it is that you are supposed to be doing. Then you get start to build up the speed.

I can't tell you how many times I see guys - thinking that if they go fast it means they know what they are doing - trying to go so fast that they look like someone getting attacked by a swarm of bees.

Their arms and legs are flying everywhere, spinning around with an occasional kick or punch randomly flying out and a look on their face that seems to be a blend of "I'm constipated" and "Watch out - I'm a Bad Man."

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, the Shaolin Monks of China lay out the step -by-step system of learning, practicing and mastering the martial arts.

This volume contains the foundational principles and techniques that every martial artist can use regardless of their age, skills or martial arts style.

The Shaolin Monks have been training martial artists and fighters for over fifteen hundred years...so I think you could agree that they probably have a good idea on what to teach and how to teach it.

Go to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I now. There are limited quantities available of this first Deluxe Edition. Once these are gone, this edition will be released on a very limited basis.

So get to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and make sure that you never dance around in your pajamas when training.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Don't delay. The current deluxe hardcover edition of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple isn't going to be widely available much longer. Once this edition runs out, it will be much harder for you to get a version like this one. Go to http://www,shaolinsecrets.com now and get yours before they run out.

This is America. Our rights are spelled out and guaranteed by the Constitution, especially the right to free speech.

Yet it seems that you can't turn around without hearing about someone who looked at someone sideways, or said something that could have been considered "out of line", and all of a sudden it's a national news story with a possible Federal Inquiry Board being formed to find out if what happened was a trend, epidemic or pandemic.

Sheeesh. Everyone relax already.

I have an idea that I think can help mentally, emotionally and physically toughen people up so that perceived slights and issues that would normally bother them would merely bounce off their chest like a bullet off of Superman's eyeball.

Shaolin Boot Camp.

Yeah... We could model after the United States Marine Recruit Training program and inject the principles and training techniques contained in the Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

It would be great. Shave their heads so they lose all their self-importance and individuality.

Make them all wear orange robes to lose their need for status.

Have them train from sunrise to sunset, with short breaks in between. Correct their errors with sharp cracks of a stick over their heads and a blank stare.

Teach them unity and teamwork by having them train together as a group and when one of them makes a mistake, they all pay by exercising until their hearts flop out of their chest and onto the deck.

Show them how to focus by giving them a mission to accomplish and a deadline, and then throw obstacle after obstacle in front of them to see if they have what it takes to accomplish their mission.

Then, we could...

Whoa. Sorry about that. Went off the deep end for a second.

Okay...maybe people aren't ready for a Shaolin Boot Camp. But you can get a start on learning the principles and training techniques of the Legendary Shaolin Temple of China by going to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and getting Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

This first volume is one of ten volumes that has been used for over fifteen hundred years to train the finest martial artists in the world, the Warrior Monks of the Shaolin Temple.

Who knows - you may get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I and decide that a Shaolin Boot Camp isn't such a bad idea after all.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - If you have been "thinking" about getting Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I or waiting for the price to go down, you want to get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com NOW and get your copy.

There is a small quantity left of the Deluxe Hardcover edition and once they are gone, they'll only be available on a limited basis at a higher premium. The information contained in these volumes is priceless...don't miss out.

Who else likes spicy food.

You know - so spicy that you have to have your favorite beverage handy or you can't go on.

Things like homemade jalapeno poppers - fresh jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and garlic, wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill; buffalo chicken wings, anything with red pepper flakes on it, blackened fish dishes, good gumbo...the list goes on and on.

There aren't a whole lot of things that don't taste great with something spicy on it. One of my personal favorites is a sushi dish that has sliced jalapenos in it and other goodies.

But there is one drawback. Once crucial element that you need to be aware of before you embark on a spicy adventure - the next morning.

Yes, the morning after can be brutal. The spicier the food, the more I can guarantee that you will be literally doubled over in pain, scurrying to the bathroom to make a deposit.

And it gets better...you don't just get to leave a deposit. Oh no; it's a painful ordeal. Lots of grunting and groaning and possibly some deep breathing. It feels like there are flames coming out and you'll swear that your butt is on fire.

This is a good thing.

I say that because spicy foods, even though they may cause you some "slight discomfort" the next day, are excellent for your internal health.

You can look at it as if it "burns" through your system. It cleans out the old pipes and helps speed up your metabolism.

The Shaolin Monks knew all about this.

No - not about jalapeno poppers and chicken wings - but about how spices and herbs are good for your system and overall health.

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com, there is WAY more information in there than just martial arts moves.

There are health secrets, energy secrets, and long lost herbal recipes that can be used to help improve your overall health. There are also recipes for different types of ointments that can be used during your physical training.

If you want to get your hands of these recipes, as well as the rest of the priceless information that has been used for over fifteen hundred years to train Warrior Monks, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get Secrets of the Shaolin Temple.

And be careful...those jalapenos can put a whoopin' on you - if you know what I mean.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - Get your Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I while the Deluxe Hardcover Original Transcription is still available. In a very short while this version will no longer be widely available. Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com today and get yours.

Yesterday I attended the funeral of Brendan, a fellow martial artist who passed away of an aggressive form of brain cancer. He was thirty nine years old.

Brendan had a tough upbringing. There was abuse and drugs in his background and he wandered aimlessly until he found something that clicked with him and he felt was his calling.

The martial arts.

Like it is for many of the martial artists I know, when Brendan "found" the arts, it was like finding that last piece to a puzzle you've been working on. For him, it was the missing ingredient in his life.

He began training, eventually making it all the way to 2nd Degree Black Belt. He loved the arts so much that he became an instructor so he could share the magic of the martial arts with others.

So for years, he had been in cruise control, teaching the martial arts and enjoying his life, when on the way to a workout one day, he passed out while driving.

Tests later showed a brain tumor and after a biopsy, he was told that it was an inoperable form of an aggressive brain cancer and he had mere months to live.

You hear of people who get a diagnosis like this and just fall apart; they can't handle it and live out the rest of their days as if they are in a prison; locked away, hiding in the dark, waiting for the Grim Reaper to arrive.

Not Brendan. To his last days, he was more concerned with others and how they were handling what was happening to him. He was humbled and sometimes embarrassed about all the attention he was getting from his martial arts family.

When word traveled about what was happening to Brendan, everyone in our martial arts family banded together to do what we could to take care of him in his final days.

He was taken on trips, moved into a friend's home to be cared for; we did a fundraiser for him and raised a good sum of money. Anything we could do, we did.

In the end, he went peacefully. But his energy, his enthusiasm and his essence live on.

Although he didn't know it, Brendan served as my instructor through his illness.

He taught me to be thankful. No matter how bad you think things are or tough you think life is, it could always be worse.

He taught me not to be so selfish. If you are running around, stressing yourself out and thinking life is so terrible, you are probably being a self-centered whiner and think what's going on in your life is way more important than it really is.

He reminded me that no matter what, when you're a part of a family, you're a family. You have disagreements and all that other junk, but you're still family.

As a martial artist, I hope that you can take a moment and think about all the wonderful things that have come about because of your involvement in the martial arts. I bet if you really dive into it, you'll discover that the arts may have had more of an affect on your life than you would have ever imagined.

I won't be taking things for granted anymore. The next time I get out on the mat and start to train, I am going to take a minute and make sure I give thanks for everything that the arts have done for me and my family.

And Brendan, even though you might not know it...Thank You for teaching me one of the greatest lessons of my life.

Respectfully,

William Huff

During the first hour, I was training with a guy that was a part of a group that went to China and trained for six weeks with the Shaolin Monks.

During the workout, I noticed something he did that I had read about in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I. During his warm-ups and workout, he would take a minute and stomp his feet.

I flashed back and remembered that when I was at the Shaolin Temple in 2001 and this past summer, the Monks would stomp their feet quite a bit.

I asked him why he was doing it because I was curious to see if what he said was the same thing I had read about in Volume I.

Yep; it was.

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, there are passages and exercises that talk about your internal energy, or chi.

In these passages, the Monks teach that through proper breathing, massage and exercises directed at certain areas of your body, you can build your internal energy.

The bottom of your feet are one of those areas on your body that has a massive amount of pressure points and by simply stomping your feet, you can be massaging those pressure points and kick starting your internal energy.

The Shaolin Monks stomp their feet to kick start that energy, which when combined with a striking technique and proper breathing, can virtually double your hitting power.

But that isn't the only reason...and it's not the best reason, according to my training partner.

No, to describe the best benefit, he looked at me with a smile on his face and gestured to his...ah... shall we say "area below his belt" and said, "It also helps put more lead in your pencil, if you know what I mean."

I started cracking up so much that I had to bend over to catch my breath. Even thought we were both laughing hysterically, I knew he was right.

In Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, there are lessons on building up your internal energy for all sorts of reasons and yes, sekstual health is one of them.

So to get started on the path of optimal health that the Shaolin Temple has been using for over fifteen hundred years, get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your copy of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

But be careful; she might not know what to think when you start stomping around the house right before bedtime.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - The Deluxe Hardcover version of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I will not be available in this format much longer. Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get your s today. Once these run out, they will be much harder to come by.

He rarely works or trains with anyone outside of a small group of martial artists that he has hand-picked, so when you get an invite to train with "The Man", you jump at it.

His class today was amazing. But it wasn't what he taught today that was the key (and I don't know if he even realizes he did this) but he revealed a secret that was priceless - a key to unlocking your ability and understanding in the martial arts.

Through how he taught his lessons today, and how he described to us his thinking behind what he was doing, he showed us how to think like a martial arts master.

He took things that experienced martial artists would look at as pretty basic and showed us how one little tweak here, and one different angle there, can open up an entire new world hidden in your martial arts knowledge.

After the class, I sat by myself making some notes and realized that some of the principles that the Professor had shared with us were taught in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I.

The more I looked back on the lesson, the more I saw how he had used principles and ideas from Volume I to "open our eyes" and take our training to the next level.

No matter what style of martial arts you may study or what level of experience you may have, you are cheating yourself and hurting your martial arts development if you don't own Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I, available at http://www.shaolinsecrets.com.

The information in Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I can "open your mind" and help you to think like a Martial Arts Master.

Best,

William Huff

P.S. - There are only 151 copies left of Secrets of the Shaolin Temple Volume I in the Deluxe Hardcover Edition. Once these are gone, the deluxe version will only be available on a limited basis. Get over to http://www.shaolinsecrets.com and get yours now before they run out.