Apropos of the "It has to be the same" and follow-on "That which cannot be unseen" posts - church.
Church?!
Yeah. Really.
Church.
A dojo member recently had to defuse a situation with an individual at his church's flea market. You would think of all places... But confrontations can happen anywhere, at any time.
Remember when we said "it has to be the same", because it's all mental and is all one, everywhere? We've had living proof of that numerous times over the years. Once you internalize the principles we teach, you'll see them all around you.
>>> read moreViolence. Such a nasty word. Ugh. Bad people do it, not good people. And men more so than women, right? Right.
Because men are big hairy brutes (say hi to Oog over in the corner there), and women are delicate flowers who put the backs of their hands to their foreheads and faint at the slightest provocation. Certainly they're not capable of that nasty word, "violence"!
If you're training for fun, then train for fun. Divide things between training and not-training. Have two selves, two lives. A mental shift when you walk in the door and walk out again. Draw a line. Just like you do between work and not-work - you're a different person in each, right?
>>> read moreThat OODA loop thing? Yeah, we're talking about it again! This time we'd like to talk about how to break it - including a couple of recent examples of having your own broken!
>>> read moreYes, again! Legos (or Duplos!) are a nice visual way to represent things, so you get another post on 'em! So how do they relate this time? Read on to find out! (With pictures!!!)
>>> read moreAh, yes. The OODA loop. We've talked about it before, but it's worth examining again - because there's actually more than one kind.
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