Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die, is the usual turn of phrase for Tennyson’s popularized poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. But of course, that’s crap. I have always maintained that the most important question is the why. Many times however, we all get stuck in the …
Tag: Jiu Jitsu
On the Gentle Art #9
Many things are more religion than science in their practice. I'm attracted to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu because it is more the latter. Religions are dogmatic in their instruction, don't invite questioning, require belief in most cases, and suspension of belief in others. I am not a person of faith. I don't think I ever was, …
On the Gentle Art #8
A wise man once said, “Don’t think. Feel. It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. [If you] concentrate on the finger…you will miss all that heavenly glory.” (Okay that wise man was Bruce Lee, and that time he said it was in Enter the Dragon, where he probably said it multiple …
On the Gentle Art #7
As with everything in life, it’s all in the hips. From running, jumping, dancing (including the horizontal lambada), and yes Jiu-Jitsu, it’s all in the hips. You can’t move without them, and moving them well makes all the difference. The hips are the transfer stations (fulcrums in lever mechanics) that connect your powerful leg …
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