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Thanks to Killer J for the text!

Inside us all is a little monster; sometimes it’s dormant and sometimes it’s awake. When it is awoken you better stand back, because things will never be the same. I see it in jiu-jitsu all the time—with kids especially. They’ll start jiu-jitsu, a little nervous, then they’ll train and they’ll get the giggles. The giggles [...]

I’d like to write a modern day comic book ad like these ones—with sensational promises of magical powers, and butt kickery—any ideas.

I’ve seen this picture many, many times—it’s even the cover of a Rage Against the Machine album I have buried somewhere in a box. The monk who gave his life to protest the treatment of Buddhists’ in Vietnam was Thich Quang Duc. If you haven’t heard the story, he dowsed himself with gasoline, sat down [...]

Saturday morning, while driving out of town, I saw a disheveled group of young boys walking to the park—messy hair, wrinkled sweat pants, holey T-shirts and shoes made for the dirt. Tucked under the lead boy’s arm was a scarred and bloated football, more round than football-shaped, held tightly as if it were some sacred [...]

. . . If you want to improve your jiu-jitsu take John Wooden’s advice. (Think of it as a breakdown when learning a new technique) The Eight Laws of Learning: 1. Explanation 2. Demonstration 3. Imitation 4. Repetition 5. Repetition 6. Repetition 7. Repetition 8. Repetition

. . . As a writer I work in similes, and metaphor, so When I compare, I use things I know–like poetry. I like poetry–I have a published poem or two. It dawnwd on me recently that jiu-jitsu is like writng a poem. I don’t care how many words you know, you could memorize every [...]

My marketing lady had me pose some questions to West Side parents and students to help us better market the school. One of the questions was, What is not good about West Side? Here were some of the answers: Sometimes it gets a bit hot! I can’t think of anything language and interruptions by students [...]

Marketing seems to be part science and part luck. I’m not scientific and I wouldn’t necessarily call myself lucky, so I think I might struggle with this marketing thing, but I’m going to learn. I want to write about this in the Tap or Die blog because this is what I’ll need to do for [...]

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