Tag: fitness
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A Balanced Approach to Physical Training
It’s funny- we’ve moved so far away from our natural way of being as humans that we now need to simulate those physical labours that were once our means of survival. From hunter-gatherers, tree climbers, and the greatest long-distance runners in the animal kingdom – we now spend our spare time in the gym in…
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Meditations on a Philosophy of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
I’d like to begin by introducing the concept of a dialectic; opposing conceptual forces. It is necessary for internal reasoning- with a good example being Socrates and his ‘daemon’, or Jesus and the ‘voice of god’ (which was essentially his own conscience), Descartes and his ‘great doubt’ too. I think Hegel was the first to…
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Exploring Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Reflections and Techniques
This is the first entry in my Brazilian Jiu Juitsu journal. I’m going to try to write down what I learn so that I can re-visualise, revisit, and revise what I learn as I go. I’ll probably extrapolate figuratively and apply the metaphor of my BJJ journey to life too. It translates as “gentle art”,…
Aethnen 