Ultimate Black Belt Test's Brian Willams - Soles for SOULS. Check This Out (And Get Involved)

Think Kindness Tour of Soles4Souls from Brian Williams on Vimeo.

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Meet Master Samuel Mockbee, The Ultimate Black Belt Teacher from The Black Belt

I never got to meet architect Samuel Mockbee, I tried, but the day in 2002 that I spent a few hours trying to reach him was the same day I picked up an Architectual Digest at Border’s and found his obituary. He had died of cancer in December of 2001.

I was trying to reach him for the very reasons you’ll hear him talk about in the video below.

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Ultimate Black Belt Test Vet, Kelly Abella, Working Behind the Scenes

Kelly in Kenya

I met Kelly a couple of decades ago. He'd moved to Nevada from LA, where he'd fought in World Champion Benny "The Jet" Urquidez camp --which made me pay attention to him, as anyone who trained under and/or fought under The Jet was sure to be one tough and skilled martial artist.

The school Kelly joined in Nevada was run by one of my first students, George Fujii; it was a part of our Ernie Reyes West Coast Martial Arts Association, which was a very tight knit

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Convincing Dr. Jane Goodall. The 1000 Projects "Project."

Free Teacher Resources and Projects, Via Martial Arts Teachers from Tom Callos on Vimeo.

Alicia Kastner - Hempen, $78,000 to Charity and a LOT of UBBT Action

Alicia Kastner with classmate Chris NatzkeAlicia Kaster (Hempen), the first woman to join the UBBT, is one amazing teacher and activist.

She's done a lot of things as a UBBT multi-team member, including dragging her husband, Jim, mother, brother, and students to and through the UBBT. She was also the first person to earn a 6th dan in the program.

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Brian Williams and Rori Goetze Take it Out of the Dojo & Into the World

These two UBBT participants have embraced and absorbed the ideas behind "My life is My Dojo." Watch this video and see two black belts exercising new muscles --and view a kind of martial arts activism 10 years ahead of the curve. Good work you two!

UBBT 6 Member Rori Goetze Gets INVOLVED - in Kenya

Rori Goetze gets going

-she's a woman on a mission and has joined forces with UBBT'r Brian Williams.

See what they're doing here.

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UBBT Team Members Step In To Fund Phone / Camera for Junk Raft / Ocean Project

www.junkraft.comThe project is about plastic pollution in the ocean. If you haven't seen this TED video, click here (it's a must see). The Junk Raft Project sailed 2600 miles from Calif. to Hawaii to raise awareness for the plight of the world's oceans --and the junk we throw in it.

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Ultimate Black Belt Test Pioneered Anger Management Training for MA Teachers

In 2007, UBBT Team Coach Tom Callos and the preeminent anger management teacher in the world, Dr. Tony Fiore, collaborated to create the first course for teaching martial arts teachers HOW to teach anger control to their students.

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UBBT News: Jason Gould's Karate Students Attack Hunger in Massachusetts

Meet UBBT'r Jason Gould - Who Has Managed to Do More Humanitarian Work in His New Dojo, in a Year, with a New Baby in the House and A full-Time Job, Than Most Teachers Do in a Decade.

Boston Karate Students Attack Hunger in Massachusetts

BOSTON (Allston), Mass., May 4, 2009 - Karate students from Ultimate Black Belt Test alumni Jason Gould's Boston's Emerald Necklace Martial Arts have successfully raised over $2,800 for

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Live Like a Champion Promo Video (The UBBT 7)!

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1300 Books in 3-Weeks: A School Gets a Library Thanks to UBBT'r Dan Rominski and his Students

Dan Tells The Story

I'm very pleased to announce that we have started a library at an elementary school, that didn't have one, here in our town. We raised over 1,300 books in a just a few weeks --and new books are STILL coming in.

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Charles Chi, 10,000 Acts and More. An Ultimate Black Belt Test Alumni with a Big Portfolio

Sifu Charles Chi With Congressman Steve Israel and Assemblyman Bob Sweeny

Man of Action: Charles Chi

My favorite story about UBBT alumni Charles Chi, is how he took a plexi-glass box, filled with 10,000 acts of kindness his students had performed and logged in journals, to a City Council meeting. The board was so impressed with this achievement, that they

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Black Belts vs. Diabetes: Martial Artists Prepare for the Fight of the Century

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2009

Contacts for More Info:

Tom Callos, tomcallos@gmail.com / 530-903-0286

Dawn Swidorski dswidorski@DefeatDiabetes.org

Black Belts vs. Diabetes: Martial Artists Prepare for the Fight of the Century

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What The Live Like a Champion Project Has to Do with Successful School Management and Instructor Training

You have little or no idea about what The “LIVE” Project has of value for the school owner and/or martial arts instructor –and that’s OK. This report is meant to address that specifically.

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UBBT Team Coach, Dave McNeill - and Jake Passas, a Bellwether

Teacher Dave McNeill Meets (and Helps) a Bellwether

Bellwether: One that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends.

I am (Tom Callos) making this entry into the Ultimate Black Belt "Project Portfolio / News" Blog, as it is perfectly indicative of a new kind (read: old kind) of thinking in the martial arts community.

In this particular entry, our senior (in age and rank) member of the UBBT (9th dan, 65-year +, Soke [means family head or head master of a system] Dave McNeill talk about his experience teaching one young man, Jake, and

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