Dr Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada, and a practicing clinical psychologist. I first came across him on a Joe Rogan podcast. He is embroiled in a number of academic and political controversies in Canada, mainly to do with his strong opposition to a proposed Canadian law…
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Living the Dream
Wednesdays and Fridays I take a lunchtime Jiu Jitsu class at Lange’s MMA, at North Manly. Wednesday is no gi, Friday gi. Jiu Jitsu always resets my mood. If it’s a warm day, or sometimes even when it isn’t, the beach is a short drive away, and that makes the day even better. Most times…
False Paths and Blind Alleys
I wrote an earlier blog post on advice for beginning or prospective martial arts students. Most of us that have trained for a while could bore people for days on the subject, but I did feel I left something out. It got too big for an edit on that earlier article. That is – martial…
Quotes
At the end of the day, Jiu Jitsu isn’t about how many people you can tap. Jiu Jitsu is about how many people you can help. Find a way to have Jiu Jitsu in your life. Tom de Blass. You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much…
Art(s) vs. Science
In early 2014 I signed up for an on-line university course from Coursera on “Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World”. It was meant to start in 2Q2014 but was subsequently delayed for almost twelve months. I had a fine and rewarding experience taking another Coursera course on Android programming which lasted for most of 2014,…
It’s all about the sub
Yesterday, my Jiu Jitsu instructor, Anthony Lange, got five of us out in a type of shark tank drill. Five guys are in, on the mat. Everyone else forms a queue. First five guys in the queue pick a guy on the mat and start grappling. Both are trying to get the tap. When you…
Encounter with a little dragon
I try to get down to Pennant Hills Park several times a week. It’s a huge area of sporting fields and bushland, backing onto Lane Cove National Park which goes further still. The bush goes all the way to the Commenara Parkway at Thornleigh in the north, to the M2 at North Ryde in the…
Resources for Lifetime Jiu Jitsu Training, Flow Rolling etc.
I put this together for my Wing Chun instructor and BJJ brown belt (now black belt), Rick Spain, as an adjunct to efforts he made to make the stand up sparring in his academy more productive in terms of skill development, and less likely to result in injuries, current and prospective students being scared off,…
Bikram Yoga
I did Bikram for about three months, twice a week, at a place close to home. Bikram is done in a room heated to over 40 degrees. Every session lasts 90 minutes. Every session does the same set of postures in exactly the same sequence. Officially the instructor is supposed to read and not deviate…
Holiday listening/reading 2014
If you are taking time off to let the chronic injuries heal over Christmas, but looking for some brain food as well as the usual heart-attack-producing fare, may I suggest: Daniele Bolelli’s Lectures on Taoism Daniele Bolelli is a university professor ,teaching comparative religion and a number of other subjects. He also trains in jiu…