What happens when a culture honors sports more than the historical lessons of “building better citizens” through physical education as opposed to building more awards through a single sport? Enter the latest sports scandal with American swimmers at the Rio Olympic Games where their dishonorable behaviors have become an justifiable embarrassment to their whole country.…… More
Our good friend Dr. Rusty Smith in Santa Barbara is holding a one-time only public workshop Saturday, September 17, 2016 in Santa Barbara, CA. “I’ve worked and known some of the top health professionals in America…Rusty Smith is one of the absolute best I have known. Every time I spend even a moment with Rusty–I…… More
“Be strong to be useful.” Georges Hebert, Creator of the French physical fitness system called “Natural Method” Once again, we are reminded through the Nice, France tragedy of what skills are “required” during an emergency. One’s ability to physically move quickly can make a huge difference—if there is a chance at all for evasive actions.…… More
Lean Berets Founder Ron Jones is teaching a nice one-day workshop on the “Art & Practice of Restorative Movement” in Santa Barbara, CA on Saturday, July 9th. This will be a great PE 101 overview of many classical PE fundamentals like Indian Clubs, Health Wands, Philosophy of Classical PE, how brain-based neuroscience today supports these…… More
Lean Berets founder Ron Jones was recently interviewed by Paul Wolkowinski of Indian Clubs Australia on how he got into Indian Clubs and why he feels they are important from a physical education and brain science standpoint. Check out the full post and more great information on Indian Clubs, Persian Meel Clubs, and Mace…… More
Memorial Day. This day has been called the most solemn American holiday. The last Monday in May was originally called “Decoration Day” and set aside to commemorate the soldiers who died in the Civil War but now includes all American soldiers who have died in battle. Memorial Day became a national holiday in 1971…while it…… More
Lean Berets Founder Ron Jones is teaching a nice one-day workshop on the “Art of Restorative Movement” in Phoenix on Saturday, May 7th. This will be a great PE 101 overview of many classical PE fundamentals like Indian Clubs, Health Wands, Philosophy of Classical PE, how brain-based neuroscience today supports these classical methods, and a…… More
We are honored to be part of an important podcast on our LaSierra High Film PE Project with the Veterans For Liberty. Filmmaker Doug Orchard joins VFL’s show hosts Chris Fox, Chase Millsap, and Dustin (a current SOF military training instructor) to discuss the importance of this growing “Great National Effort” to bring back…… More
“EXPECT PE!!!” -Lt. Col. Jeffrey Crouch (1962-2014) We recently appeared on live television in NYC for the Fox Network on Fox & Friends. The Fox staff and support crew were great, and we really enjoyed our experience. Our team as invited to represent our film documentary project partnership with Doug Orchard Films on the LaSierra…… More
To quickly review, “Indian Clubs” were one of the Four Horsemen of Restorative Art tools during the Golden Era of American Physical Education from 1985-1920. Indian Clubs have been around thousands of years and long before they made their way into American PE and fitness. Specific to children, smaller “youth-size” clubs were used extensively with…… More