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Lesser-Known Players on the Apollo 11 Team: Mary Jackson Jackson, a mathematician, aerospace engineer, and badass barrier breaker, was NASA’s first black female engineer. She worked at Langley Research Center in Virginia and was one of the women whose stories were depicted in the hit film Hidden Figures. Jackson’s equations helped the U.S. safely get a man […]
Lesser-Known Players on the Apollo 11 Team: JoAnne Morgan NASA’s only female engineer at the time is seen in the control room during the the liftoff of what would become the groundbreaking Apollo 11 Moon landing. (In this photo, Morgan is in the center covering part of her face with her left hand.) Morgan, who […]
The Speech…… you may never hear from President Trump On June 22 2020, vandals entered the India Palace Restaurant in Santa Fe New Mexico and destroyed the place, adding hate-filled scribblings all over the walls. The Santa Fe Police Department has classified it as a hate crime and estimated damages to be over $100,000. The […]
It’s all up to you! EMPOWERMENT….. It’s a word tossed around a lot. As leaders and teachers, we are supposed to lift up others and reinforce the belief that each person has the power, the confidence, the skill, to do what he was put here to do. In this brief video, Chief Master Babin empowers […]
Part 3 – The No Change Watch as Chief Master Babin talks about his THIRD failure to advance in rank, and laugh as he gets the special privilege of a lifetime in his “retest.”
The “No Change” – Part 1 When you try to advance in rank and do not meet the criteria to pass, you receive a “no change.” Obviously this is a great disappointment, but imagine, please, if you manage to “no change” at the three most important points of advancement for ANY black belt: FIRST degree, […]
Watch and learn how a kind gesture actually influences TWO generations over a 30-year period.
The Watch Story: Part 1 Chief Master Babin’s original instructor was Mr. Rex Veeder. He trained with Mr. Veeder for many years, beginning in 1976. Listen to this amazing story of generosity and prosperity and experience a great example of “walking the talk.” The thumbnail for this video is a classic pic from 1991 of […]
The Wallet Story: Chief Master Babin WATCH VIDEO Watch as CM Babin tells a wonderful tale about generosity. Go back more than 30 years and listen to this great story of one student and one grandmaster, H.U. Lee. And then ask yourself, how can I emulate the generosity of EGM H. U. Lee? How can […]
Share Your Light – It’s a Special “Talent.” I’m sure you have had this experience: you are at a sporting event or a concert or the theater and you are overwhelmed by the performance. It has touched you at a soul level, and you are thinking: “I wish I had talent like that. I […]