"Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways."—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts instructional activity seven of 20 continues on with teaching the ingredients of self-discipline: self-control, motivation, persistence, and goals. Then the class learns how to do round-house kicks. They spend time practicing their kicks before practicing kicking a target.