http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Norm+Bettencourt Self Help Norm Bettencourt Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40035&ca=Self+Help You take with you in combat all the good and bad habits that you learned in your training routine. If your tactics in your training consist of high fancy kicks, wide movements, which require you to have a lot of room you will instinctively do the same when your adrenaline kicks in a street confronta... Advice Norm Bettencourt Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40209&ca=Advice How you train is how you will respond and react in the real deal. Self-defense is about survival and nothing else. It is not about fighting fair, clean or being honorable. It’s about doing what you have to do to go home and see your loved ones once again. You don’t know how a thug is going to react... Society Norm Bettencourt Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40225&ca=Society The topic of how effective traditional martial arts is in today’s world as a way of protecting oneself is still a very sensitive issue to a lot of martial artists. What is even more sensitive is the issue of how realistic and street effective is the newer styles that have come out since UFC/PRIDE ha... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40226&ca=Self+Help The losers limb is the pre excuse you give yourself on why you are going to fail before you even begin. Unsuccessful people love having alibis and using the saying “if only”, so they have an excuse to explain there failures in the ring and outside of it. The size of your thinking is the size of your... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40037&ca=Self+Help NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF PERSISTENCE, TALENT WILL NOT, NOTHING IS MORE COMMON THAN UNSUCCESSFUL MEN WITH TALENT. - Charles Swindoll Persistence is a state of mind and is a direct result of habit. Your are the master of your own fate. Persistence is the key to your success in the ri... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40032&ca=Self+Help We all have dreams, desires, goals and it’s great to daydream about what it would be like holding that title belt high in the air feeling the energy of the crowd cheering you on. Back to reality now and here’s a question for you. How much time do you put into a day to make that dream come true? The... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40034&ca=Self+Help Bottom line that’s the difference in the mindset between a champion and just another fighter. The difference between winning and losing. This is the attitude you must have to overcome all the obstacles in your training and matches. Focus, hard work and commitment are some of the key factors in the m... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40224&ca=Self+Help Take a look at all of your fighting idols each one of them has a team of trainers, role models and idols that they respect, look up to on there team pushing them to be there very best. We are a direct reflection of our idols, peer group or team. If your fight team is filled with unfocused, unsupport... Self Help Norm Bettencourt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40229&ca=Self+Help Self doubt, indecision, and fear the three horsemen that destroy your chances for success. If you have one of these feelings the other two are nearby. If you have doubt in your abilities as a fighter or are incisive on how you are going to fight your opponent, fear will automatically kick in and tak...