Ignorance and disbelief can be bliss…

Posted by on Jan 10, 2012 | 1 comment

I suppose it had to happen sooner or later, but this wasn’t quite what I was expecting.  You see last week, in my first level three class, I discovered that I do believe in myself.  You’d think that that would be a wonderful, monumental moment.  It would be something to celebrate and cheer about.  Nope.  I was, instead, stunned,...

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Blinded by the fight…

Posted by on Dec 17, 2011 | 2 comments

I know, I know, just last week I was talking about seeing and here I am talking about it again.  You are probably starting to think that I’m visually obsessed.  That’s okay, maybe I am.  You see, I’m a highly visual person particularly when it comes to learning something new.  When watching a technique being demonstrated, I typically...

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Whose thoughts indeed…

Posted by on Dec 12, 2011 | 0 comments

Earlier this month, Dennis wrote a post asking whose thoughts are you thinking.  If you haven’t yet read it, you should.  Like now.  Go ahead I’ll wait. Welcome back.  Good stuff right?  Now try and keep his post somewhere in your forebrain because I’ll circle back to it shortly and because it will have some relevance in the...

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Coming to understand that it is perfectly okay not to see…

Posted by on Dec 6, 2011 | 1 comment

I originally started writing this post in July having just been to a one day seminar on koppojutsu at Boston Martial Arts Center.  While Joe was able to come up with a list of what he learned nearly immediately after, I was thoroughly overwhelmed and completely without words.  There was nothing I could say because, for what felt like the first time, I...

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How do you describe a sunset?

Posted by on Dec 1, 2011 | 0 comments

Recently on FB, another student and I were commenting on the theory of “owning” what we learn at the dojo. Although we used different terms and descriptions I realized that it’s all the same in the end. It’s kind of like trying to describe a sunset to a blind person who has never been able to see. How do you describe the colors of yellow blending...

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The third time is the charm?

Posted by on Nov 30, 2011 | 0 comments

I’m starting to wonder if maybe I might be living in some strange television show, sort of like The Truman Show, where I am my own stunt double.  It’s either that or I’m really thick and haven’t learned my lesson yet.  It’s probably the latter, but I’m working on it. After nearly getting thumped by a car last year and almost falling off my...

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