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Why We Need a Process to Change

So, I was looking at why we need a process to change anything or to gain any skill or ‘ability.’ I Don’t Need a Process to Change, It Should...

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Today’s Unimpressive Basics Are the Foundation of Tomorrows Impressive Greatness

Recently I was working on some exercises. It was some light lower-upper body connection training and forward-backward step practice. Then I thought to myself how unimpressive these basics are....

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Why It Is So Difficult to Change, or Is It?

Today I would like to expand on the following realization I had a while ago about it feeling difficult to change. This is when I wanted to change something...

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Living The Principles Of Martial Arts

Martial Arts is a rich art full of potential to enhance one’s life for the better. But to achieve that we must live what we learn from it everywhere...

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Being Too Militant in Martial Arts Can Negatively Impact Progress

📺 Watch ”Being Too Militant in Martial Arts Can Negatively Impact Progress.” Today, I would like to talk a little bit about being too militant in our martial arts training....

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Self-Movement in Martial Arts is Independent of Mood

📺 Watch ”Self-Movement in Martial Arts is Independent of Moods.” Basically, we all know a mood can make or break our day. When we are in good moods we...

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Living Martial Arts Qualities in Everyday Life

📺 Watch the video ”Martial Arts Qualities in Everyday Life.” Today I would like to talk about something that I have uncovered for myself. It’s about how the martial...

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Does Martial Arts Build Character or Ego?

📺 Watch the video ”Does Martial Arts Build Character or Ego.” Hi, everyone Aldin here today. I wanted to look at a point of asking the question: Does martial...

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Questions Asked in Martial Arts Define the Answers

Revelations of the truth start with the right questions. The questions asked in Martial Arts define the answers you get. I asked many specific questions about me and things,...

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Feeling Unmotivated: When Feelings and Emotions Fail as Motivators

Feeling unmotivated we rely on our feelings to be motivators for actions. Be it for exercise or anything else. But in the end this motivation will fail us. Emotions...

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The Martial Arts Personality, Part 1

(Find the podcast episode of this blog post here.) Recently I have observed how I have come to define myself mainly based on the practice of martial arts, and...

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Martial Arts Is A Process To Self And Not The Ultimate Goal

To me Martial Arts is not about fighting. It is not sparring and winning. Also, it’s not fighting and winning. Nor is not building strength, power, agility, incredible speed....

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