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Scholarship Information

With the intent of doing what we can to make the world a brighter place for one person at a time, we offer scholarships and bursaries for disadvantaged youth and young adults in Korea who need financial support to pursue self-sufficiency.

While this scholarship fund was originally inspired by a desire to exclusively help Korean orphans who have aged out of government-sponsored programs, we welcome applications from youth and young adults of all backgrounds who have a dream they wish to pursue but don't have access to enough funds to move forward. Read more

 

How To Survive A Rip Current

Conventional advice to survive a rip current is shown in the above animation. The idea is to swim with the current until you are able to turn to one side and swim parallel to the land before turning back toward the land. Read more

 

Fun Movement That Develops Core and Upper Body Strength

To do this compound movement, you'll need some dip or parallel bars. The set that I use can be found here:

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The Magic of Minimalism

One of the great frustrations of my childhood was my father's hoarding disorder. Even today at 82 years of age, despite our mother's many requests to slowly donate his countless stacks of heavy textbooks to a local theological seminary, he refuses to take action. As is typical with those who have a serious hoarding problem, he hasn't opened the vast majority of his mountain of books in many years. Read more

 

Low Carb Bagel Bites Recipe

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Ingredients:

2 cups almond flour (blanched, super fine grind)
1 cup unsweetened yogurt - thick, Greek-type is best, dairy-free is fine
Bagel seasoning blend (optional, or can use your own blend of salt, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, etc.) Read more

 

To Ensure Healthy Forearms

This is a simple and highly effective way of restoring and maintaining ideal supination and pronation of your forearm - both are essential for optimal wrist and elbow health and mobility.

For a series of stretches for the same region, please view: Read more

 

Two Simple Strengthening Exercises to Keep Your Elbows and Wrists Healthy

Even among fitness enthusiasts, I've consistently found that many people neglect the tendons that control their wrists and elbows - this is a big mistake, as these tissues are not well perfused with blood, so when they are injured, they can take many months to heal. All of us constantly use our wrists and elbows, but most of us only tune into this reality if we injure one of these areas.

To build and maintain strength in the tendons that attach to and move your wrists and elbows, please consider making the following exercises a part of your everyday life:

Tennis Ball Squeeze

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What To Do If You Have A Tendency To Throw Out Your Back

This is a simple routine of spinal mobility exercises that I have long found useful to those who have a tendency to "throw out" their back or experience chronic and intermittent back pain from various sprains and strains, including those involving intervertebral discs. Read more

 

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