Being Present: How to Give Yourself the Best Present Ever
One of the many gifts BJJ has given me is the capacity to be completely and utterly present. When I’m training, whether preparing for class,
One of the many gifts BJJ has given me is the capacity to be completely and utterly present. When I’m training, whether preparing for class,
There are times when my life is absolutely on point. I’m on top of things in my personal and professional arenas, my writing feels effortless,
I frequently joke about something I like to call “jiu jitsu physics.” The main theorem of jiu jitsu physics reads as follows: “Given unlimited mat
It’s been a little less than six months since the news story broke that two male grapplers allegedly sexually assaulted their female teammate on New
Over the weekend, I went with some friends to a karaoke bar. Not the kind where you get your own private room. The kind where
I had so much fun writing my last piece about things I wish I had known when I started BJJ, and I got a positive
In my academic life, one of the courses I teach is on qualitative research methods. Qualitative methods are distinct from quantitative methods, which identify statistical
They say hindsight is 20/20. I frequently observe, in my own training journey, and in the training journeys of others, actions that reveal how we
Photos copyright John Cooper, Lineage Photos for the IBJJF. Another Mundial is in the books. For those of you who don’t train BJJ, the Mundial
News flash: Men and women are different. (Also, water is wet.) But it can be inaccurate, not to mention detrimental to gender relations, to take
Yoga Instructor Jen Whinnen takes the concept of life as a journey somewhat literally, a perspective that has enhanced her life in myriad ways. The
Every now and then a reader will suggest a topic for me to write about. My usual response is to thank him/her and then suggest
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