If I'm going to be completely honest (and I fully intend to be), one thing that really fascinates me is the level of douche-y content marketing out there. I get...
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2015 Was a pretty crazy year for me. It would be my second full year as a purple belt and my last semester of grad school. Time seems to have...
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Ryan, Thank you for recommending The War of Art and Turning Pro to me during an exchange we had recently. The War of Art has been recommended to me before...
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This past Sunday, I had the chance to compete at the first ever IBJJF Austin Open. I have been preparing for this tournament for approximately six weeks and unfortunately, my training...
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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” -Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius You ever notice how people like to play it...
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Well, it happened again (sort of)... I was sparring the other day and my training partner weighed about 55lbs more than me. I know this only because we, ironically,...
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“Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way...
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"Koetsu was always saying that Japanese swords were created not to kill or injure people but to maintain the imperial rule and protect the nation, to subdue devils and drive...
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Hi everyone, welcome to Technical Tuesday! Every Tuesday, my goal will be to post a new technique I've been working on or having fun with over the last few training...
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Hi everyone, this is more of a question to you than a post. This morning, I was doing a little writing and I thought to myself about how often I...
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