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Jul
31
An Instructor’s Oath
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Well, made it back from the tournament, and as always, I was really impressed by the performance of Team West Side. Actually, as always, I was impressed with the competitors as a whole–saw some good grappling today. It’s always nerve-racking to send your students to be tested. Belt tests are bad enough, but actually sending [...]
Jul
30
Good Luck West Side
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. . . I spent a good chunk of my day working on my book (working title: Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain) and I find it to be pretty tedious, but hey, somebody has to format, revise, and edit it. Today, a West Side delegation will be competing in the Utah Grappling Games and although I’ve [...]
Jul
29
Giving up Fear
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I’m happy to announce I’ve been soda free for three days, Mountain Dew has been both my nectar and ambrosia (food of the gods). Instead of all the sugar, I’m drinking water and some skim milk occasionally. Now, I realize that this may not seem too important to you, and you may be wondering why [...]
Jul
28
Just Grateful
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I’m still working on putting my book together; it’s definitely not easy. I’ve decided (with some advice from Justin Eyre) to publish it as an ebook through Amazon. I’m not sure how long it will take me to get it all together, but I’m hoping within a month. It’s funny because all the things I [...]
Jul
27
Too Much Thinking
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. . . I don’t have anything really to write about tonight, which is really odd considering I’ve been thinking about stuff all day. Maybe I’ve been doing too much thinking. Too much thinking is almost as dangerous as not enough. It amazes me how much time we spend thinking about the past or the [...]
Jul
26
Skateboards and Karma
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Karma: Years ago I was running West Side Academy out of a street-level store front. The place was about 2,000 sq ft. and had giant windows in front, actually it was all windows and an all-glass door. At times the academy felt like an aquarium. I’d get fools running by making smart ass remarks every [...]
Jul
25
. . . In my continued research on breath/breathing I’ve come across a quote by a monk named Thich Nhat Hanh (He’s a pretty famous Buddhist). The quote so examplifies my thoughts about training in jiu-jitsu that I think I will have it put above the mats at my academy, “Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” [...]
Jul
24
I’ve been researching online about breathing, especially on YouTube (the ultimate research site), and these swamis, these mystic yogis keep popping up. So, being the curious and scholarly person I am, I watched a bunch of these videos and I decided I could never be a swami, only because it would be too hard to [...]
Jul
23
Courage and Winged Testicles
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. . . I just had the really disturbing image of flying testicles–winged ones. I just read something I posted a few years ago about not only having the courage to pursue a dream, but to be able to sustain that dream, to have the courage to jump but also the brains to sustain it; [...]
Jul
22
. . . I just finished reading a couple of books that I really liked, both had to do with zen and archery (Kyudo). I’m not an archer in any sense of the word. I did get my archery merit badge in the Boyscouts, but that’s about the extent of my experience. All I really [...]
