#Dojo Talk Podcast

[cerealsensei]

This PPV was way too crazy for us not to talk about it so @theanticool and I got back in the Dojo to talk about all of the moments from UFC 300.

We start off briefly poking some fun at PFL audio issues before diving right into UFC 300. We go over the monstrous left hook that Pereira wrecked Hill with, the weirdness of Zhang Vs Yan, Max Holloway's all time violent performance and so much more.

Thank you guys for listening!

[judahlux]

And Billy's like: "Stop talking, stop talking. My whole life is in front of me right now" (Ralph talking about Billy and their chemistry)

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SUMMARY OF ALL ARKANIS POVS

DAY 66 & DAY 67 — 08/11/2024 & 09/11/2024

DAY 66 — 08/11/2024

The day in Valigma begins with an electoral atmosphere, the city's new mayor will finally be elected!

Before the debate, JVNQ and Pac meet to talk. JVNQ asks Pac about being taken twice by Bia Raux, but Pac respond by saying he made a promise to Jota not ally with Bia.

JVNQ asks if Pac would be willing to team up with Bia Raux for Milo. Pac says no. The two then begin a debate, which is promptly interrupted by Jota, who tells them to save their arguments for the real debate.

While Pac, JVNQ and Jota were talking, Jota says "Just step on these stairs and Araldo will die, try it", Pac then steps on the stairs and the phrase "Araldo Died!" Appears in the view of all awake specialists. Everyone (except the trio) was shocked, but they didn't believe it.

In an act of showing that he was not an ally of Bia Raux, Pac burns/explodes the mask that Bia gave him.

Another discussion begins between Pac, JVNQ and Jota. The mayor tells them that if they don't stop debating among themselves, they will receive a fine. Both end up receiving a fine.

While Gabepeixe and AuAu were talking, the half-fish was taken by AuAu to a building protected by a dome. A sign written "You're not ready yet, Gabe-kun." could be found in front of the dome.

Pac is invited to Guhzera's studio to participate in his Podcast, "Podzhera".

Now, what everyone expected:

Everyone is called to the place where the debate will take place. Hugo himself (and without a mask) goes up to the stage to announce the start of the debate, revealing that he will be the presenter and facilitator. He tells the rules of the event and then lets both Pac and JVNQ give a speech before it all starts.

The debate then begins heatedly between all the candidates, so heated that a fight almost broke out in the audience between Gabepeixe and Moonkase (They were just joking lol).

Each audience member had the opportunity to ask the candidates something. Between lots of laughter, strange questions and moments of seriousness, the debate ends.

After a short break for all citizens and experts to vote, Hugo announces the winners:

JVNQ (& Guaxinim) = 12 votes.

Pac (& Himaru) = 8 votes and 1 popular vote (9 in total).

JVNQ wins the political dispute and becomes the eighteenth (18th) Mayor of Valigma's City.

He and Guaxim will take up the position permanently on 01/01/2025. Until then, Jota is still Mayor.

When the result was announced, JVNQ cried with emotion and thanked everyone. The entire audience, even Pac and Himaru, hugged him in comfort, making the moment something heart-warming.

While they were celebrating, someone or something launches a nuclear bomb at the debate site, killing some specialists and even Jota (fortunately everyone is fine).

After the explosive incident, some specialists meet Hugo at city hall to talk (Hugo's full surname is revealed: "Hugo Stozzo").

After talking to Hugo, some specialists meet. While they were talking, a enigma-phrase appears on the wall for everyone.

[Unfortunately there is little information about this enigma, but as soon as I get it, I will edit this part of the summary!]

Himaru is teleported by FEAR, who seeks to bargain with him. It is not known what happened to him after that.

Quel and Choke meet with Bagi, Gabepeixe and other specialists to talk about their disagreements about Bia Raux, more specifically how the bear and the amphibian are disappointed with Bia.

Beatriz calls the specialists to her house and shows them messages supposedly made by Milo by naming animals and insects.

[Again, when I manage to transcribe the messages, I will edit this part of the summary!]

Gabepeixe is teleported by Senpai to the dojo, where Senpai finally shows his physical appearance to the half-fish.

Monah appears to Bagi, Gabepeixe, Beatriz, Quel and Choke in a new form and tells them about what happened to Himaru. She says she thinks Himaru died too.

Suddenly, Monah is teleported by a white beam, being taken in the middle of everyone.

Quel and Choke say they found FEAR and they say the bargain price to find out about Himaru would be two and a half weeks with Tucupi or Gris.

DAY 67 — 09/11/2024

JVNQ wakes up early to start fulfilling its election promises. He dries the entire City Hall's lake using countless sponges.

Gabepeixe returns to the place protected by the dome, starting an event that Senpai made for him. At the beginning of the event, Gabepeixe will be guided by a warrior turtle, cousin of the Master Oogway from Kung fu panda (according to him).

Gabepeixe's first challenge is to face Master Turtle using only his Obstinate Sword, beating the turtle after two rounds.

Gabepeixe heads to the second floor of his challenge and comes across a room full of illustrations of flowers. By relating the number of petals to letters of the alphabet, Gabepeixe found the phrase "Owner of Eritategoromo" and, after some research, he discovered that the answer to his enigma was "Sōjōbō".

For his next challenge, Gabepeixe faces Master Turtle again. Now the turtle is stronger and has more obstacles on the way. He can easily defeat him, but the challenge is not over yet, now Gabepeixe has to defeat countless blazers.

Gabepeixe completes his challenge against the blazes and comes across a room full of "Unique Numbers", a new enigma. With the help of the admins, Gabepeixe discovers that the answer is "Alma".

After completing the puzzle, Gabepeixe battles Turtle Master once again using his Obstinate Sword. After defeating him, the half-fish needs to defeat a Warden.

Once Gabepeixe defeats the Warden, he is taken to a room where his only information is some illustrations on a white board. After a long time, Gabepeixe discovers that the answer to the enigma is "Jimmu". After that, Gabepeixe again needs to defeat a monster, this time he must face a guardian.

Gabe finds himself in a room with an illustration that shows a pink tree with some flowers and dots. After some time again, Gabepeixe discovers that the answer is "Emishi". Once he completed the puzzle, Gabepeixe has to defeat Turtle Master for the last time.

Once Gabepeixe defeats the turtle again, the last challenge begins:

Gabepeixe must defeat an enemy monster called "Obstinate" e then defeat a great and powerful samurai.

After defeating the two bosses, Gabepeixe finally gets his reward, a new Obstinate Sword. Gabepeixe's new sword takes him to an Astral Plane made of Arkanya whose, during the 5 seconds he is there, he becomes invunerable. When leaving the plane, an explosion is made and the damage will be returned to the enemy.

Himaru appears again, now dressed entirely in black. He reveals to Beatriz and Gabepeixe that FEAR took him after a desperate situation.

[historicalfightingguide]

"Knights and wealthy urban citizens competed in a wide variety of knightly games, which ranged from barely restrained simulated warfare to those whose purpose was pure spectacle. Understanding the nature of these competitions, from their rules and cultures to the kinds of specialty equipment necessary for them, helps us better understand the wide utility of fencing skills, and can make us better understand and comprehend our sources. This lecture was recorded at the Ars Gladii Open in May, 2023."

Folks may or may not understand how tournaments of the time are relevant to modern HEMA, but the fact is that anyone taking part in tournaments and doing well would have to possess skills useful whether one is duelling, fueding or taking part in wars. And these things would at times even overlap. Furthermore they're an expression of the culture of the time and related to more general motivations and ways of thinking that influenced folks doing 'real fighting'. And on top of all that, various manuals we study do talk about or at least reference tournaments, or certain of their aspects, while others merely see them as another situation in which you can express the art you learn. This lecture has some but definitely not full overlap with the 'murderhobos' podcast episodes on William Marshall, if you enjoyed it,I do suggest checking them out.

For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:

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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

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Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.

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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

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“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.

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Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters

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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.

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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial

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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.

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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.

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More on tactics in fencing

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Open vs closed skills

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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing

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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the ‘HEMA game archive’ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.

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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.

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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.

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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.

[theanticool]

Me and @cerealsensei talked about this briefly on the Dojo Talk Podcast. The UFC has a matching clause but I don’t think they’re going to match $2 million flat fee for Ngannou. Also, yeah Lewis and the team would be crazy not to use this as a way to drive up the price for the UFC if he really wants to come back. Lewis is the biggest name in MMA free agency right now. He’s coming off a big finish win with another post fight that got shared around a lot. And even if he doesn’t go to PFL, he can leverage that into a better deal from the UFC.

The real question is Ray Sefo desperate enough to pay Derrick Lewis $2 million to have a rematch of one of the worst fights in MMA history.

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2022 Review + Rezzo 2023

This post is almost a week late because I was trying to take it easy after my Bali meditation + fam vacation trip. This year end trip really made me appreciate the slow life where I was really trying not to overthink and over-plan. (Also, geez, what happened to me? When did I become this sort of person?)

It's only been 2 days into the new year and I'm beginning to feel tired of the super-fast pace of work life again. I must remind myself to take it down a notch, as John Green says. I'm not working in a hospital – nobody will die if my job doesn't get done.

But first, let's recap some things I'm really grateful for in 2022, in no particular order -

Gratitude list 2022

1. My parents: They are not perfect but they are always doing their best to care for us the ways they know how. I'm learning new things about their outlook in life recently. My mom is an optimist that makes the best out of every sucky unexpected situation because she just wants everyone to feel ok. I think I probably got that from her. My father cares a lot about the world at large. Although we have different views of what "good" is, I appreciate that side of him.

2. National Library Board: Ok nerd. I feel like somehow I'm reading more books than ever this year. And really starting to get back more into physical books. Although I still love Libby for its convenience, sometimes reading on digital devices can be distracting. So I really appreciate having such a great library system in Sg – I can choose either to hang out at a nearby air-conditioned library or just to lie in bed and scroll Libby on my phone. It's the top perk of being Singaporean IMO.

3. Authors: I cannot not mention the people that wrote those books I enjoyed so much from the library. Some of the books that moved me last year:

Jon Yates - Fractured: Why Our Societies Are Coming Apart and How We Put Them Back Together Again.

Brene Brown - Braving Wilderness, Dare to Lead, Atlas of the Heart (also her podcasts have helped me so much last year)

Hank Green - I don't read enough fiction so these YA books were a surprise pleasure for me: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

Yanis Varoufakis - Talking to My Daughter About The Economy

4. The 3-Headed-Oracle: We completed 2 more writing challenges this year! I really appreciate the way we kept so consistent with this habit through the process, and got to know how each other thinks. I enjoyed learning how we see the world through different lenses, having their perspectives was really valuable and precious.

5. Workshops attended: Learning new self-awareness, critical thinking and communication skills at 2 in-person workshops which both happened at Common Ground - Facilitating Conversations for Change (by Shiao-yin), and Seeing & Shifting Systems (by Studio Dojo). These courses were so perspective-expanding that I wish more people would have the chance to attend. So I'm also grateful that my company has L&D funds for us to upskill ourselves.

6. Vipassana: Renewing my meditation practice at a 10-day course, and getting to disconnect from the world temporarily. Really amazing to have the opportunity to do that again after more than 6 years, such a privilege. This is my third time doing it but I somehow still gained new understanding and wisdom this time around.

7. XD Summer Offsite: Something about work - Meeting all my XD colleagues in person at our offsite in Prague. Even though this trip was expensive (they flew all of us in SG down) it was also necessary to at least start the process of gaining trust and building connections in the newly re-organized team.

8. Standing up XD Ops: Finally given the opportunity to upstand this new function officially in the group. I also learned that sometimes the right thing to do is to actively ask for things and not just wait for them to drop from the sky. Unsaid expectations and unset boundaries will just cause resentment. This is a huge theme this year for work. Clear is kind.

Intention review 2022

So what did I say I wanted to do last year? Balance? I regretfully say I did not achieve that. I was too busy balancing other people's priorities while neglecting my own. I was reading and learning a lot more, desperately trying to get more information about why things happen the way they do, trying to get more tools that could help solve the problems I see. As a result, I was feeling quite burnt out at some point, and people around me noticed.

I guess that was what pushed me to sign myself up to do a 10-day silent retreat again. I have to forcefully shut myself away and disconnect from the external world to find out what is happening inside myself.

A lot of things came up for me during my time meditating - the past, the future, imagination of things that has yet to come, assumptions of how things came to be. I have to remind myself, all these are anicca, impermanent. Stories in my mind that arise and will pass away. I am not the same person just 1 millisecond ago, what for carrying this baggage forward? What is more important is the choices I can make in the present moment, which is to sit here and observe my breathe and my body sensations. That's the only true thing.

Knowing all these theoretically is one thing, but the benefit of having these 10 day silent protected time is for us to actually start the process of rewiring our brains and stop the habitual impulse reactions of daily life.

But still, I guess these 10 days are not enough. I was refreshed and ready for the new year, yet, just 2 days in, facing all these unread emails and to-do lists leftover from last year, I'm starting to feel tired again. This won't do.

Intentions 2023

1. Spend more time practicing meditation. From past experience of previous retreats, my self-discipline has not been very strong when it comes to daily sittings. This a new strategy this time is to join a regular group. I've put a recurring event on my calendar to attend a weekly group sitting. Hopefully, this will help me maintain my practice.

2. Help my family be more healthy. In both body and mind. My parents are getting older, and although they are actively doing exercise by themselves, I think they would also benefit from learning Vipassana and begin the reduce their mental burden of growing old (and having the worrisome baggage of 3 single adult children lol). I'm also seeing how my bro is suffering from health problems because of an unhealthy lifestyle. He too could benefit from being more mindful of his habits. It may be a tall order to have them sign up for a 10-day meditation course, but hey, I've done harder things! 3. Turn things down a notch. I know it's counter-intuitive to say I have a deadline, but I've told my boss that I want to leave for my postgrad studies by the next year. So during this timeframe, I'm going to try my best to see what things I can create automated or self-running systems around, and maximize things that can be left undone. In short, how can I make myself dispensable? 4. Continue to serve others and build relationships, but be less "bottom". I used to think that there is a freedom that comes with being invisible and ego-less, and have used that easygoingness to get people to trust me and thus get what I need to be done. But I am starting to learn that doing things this way can be effective earlier in my career, but does not scale when I reached a certain level. Sometimes the right and kind actions are to actively set boundaries, keep clarifying situations, and align expectations. Don't try to be everything for everyone, instead, how can I help others learn how to help each other and help themselves?

[alexisgentry]

Come join me and Kim in our Mojo Dojo Casa House where we're talking all about the Barbie movie, men throwing tantrums online, self-aware casting, movie marketing, and more in this episode of the Whatcha Watchin podcast.

[kudosmyhero]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) #21: City Fall: Prologue

Read Date: January 22, 2023 Cover Date: April 2013 ● Writer: Kevin Eastman ◦ Tom Waltz ● Art: Kevin Eastman ● Colorist: Ronda Pattison ● Letterer: Shawn Lee ● Editor: Bobby Curnow ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● (pg 1) the boys ready to head back home for the night; talking about how tense the city has felt lately ● (pg 2-3 splash) uh, hello? who's this then ● (pg 5) this mutant uses a Filipino art called Kali. kind of hands the turtles' asses to them, then insults Splinter's (not by name) having poorly taught them ● (pg 6) oh wait, he does know about Splinter… ● (pg 7) Donnie is mad that his staff is broken ● (meh the pages aren't numbered and I'm having trouble keeping track, so I'm gonna shelve relaying the page numbers) ● they follow him down into the sewers and say he moves like the Savate Ninjas (he does seem to be French, too) ● he seems to mostly be playing with them?

● the attacker switches to Wing Chun ● his parting words: "It seems I was mistaken, hm? You four do possess great skill. You have mastered the art of failing. I am neither Foot nor Savate. I lurk in the shadows, the unknown foe. You do not know me yet… but you will. And so, I have defeated the students. Now it is my right to face the sensei in his dojo. Farewell." ● they meet him a short time later at the church. this time, he breaks Leo's katana ● (I'm trying to figure out what sort of animal he is… maybe a rabbit? going by the legs?) ● O_O ● Splinter, you sneaky bastard. I love you. ● meanwhile in Japan, Shredder and Karai are looking for something with a Dr. Miller. Foot Ninjas are digging up the floor in some old building ● they dig up a body in pristine condition--someone called Kitsune ● 👏👏👏

Synopsis: The Turtles are finishing up a patrol one night when a masked man appears out of nowhere and begins to fight them. The masked man taunts them relentlessly, showing them up with ease and using many different styles of martial arts. The masked man even knows about their hideout and their master, Splinter. The masked man leads them on a chase throughout the city, all the way back to the abandoned church. The masked man says that the Turtles are no match for him and he will now face their master. The Turtles say they would die before letting him pass. The masked man says this honors him, and takes off his mask, revealing himself to be Master Splinter in disguise. Splinter explains that he needed to do something drastic in order to show the Turtles how important training was with the increased warring between criminal factions.

The scene switches to Japan, where Dr. Miller has led the Shredder and the Foot to a derelict temple. Shredder orders some Foot ninja to start digging. They unearth a casket and open it, finding a still-living woman sleeping inside. Thus, the Shredder is reunited with Kitsune.

(https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/City_Fall:_Prologue)

Fan Art: Tmnt by StalePretzels

Accompanying Podcast: ● Shellheads - episode 46

[tastydregs]

Tesla Heading to 100X AI Progress and OpenAI Moment for RealWorld AI

The limitations for Tesla AI development are programming resources, AI architecture, compute resources, training data and financial resources.

Tesla has started operating its Dojo AI training supercomputer and this will scale to over 100 Exaflops by the end of 2024. Tesla will likely continue to expands its AI supercomputing datacenters and cloud. Tesla continuing its AI computing resource expansion would head to a zettaflop (1000 Exaflops) in another year or two after hitting 100 Exaflops in 2024.

Over a year ago, the Tesla Dojo ExaPod system was to have 120 tiles in ten cabinets and have over 1 exaflops of compute. If these systems were not improved then it would only take 10000 Cabinets to reach 1000 Exaflops.

354 computing cores per D1 chip 25 D1 chips per Training Tile (8,850 cores) 6 Training Tiles per System Tray (53,100 cores, along with host interface hardware) 2 System Trays per Cabinet (106,200 cores, 300 D1 chips) 10 Cabinets per ExaPOD (1,062,000 cores, 3,000 D1 chips)

Each tray consists of six training tiles. Each 135kg tray offers 54 petaflops (BF16/CFP8) and requires 100kW+ of power. An Exapod, would ned 2 MW of energy. 100 Exaflops would need 200 WW of energy.

The Tesla AI team gave technical talks which give strong indications that FSD is close and strong progress is being made on Teslabot. The rate of improvement with a more solid software foundation, more programmers, more data and more compute should enable 10X-100X improvements if various aspects of AI development.

Tesla is hiring many developers and has billions of dollars of annual research budget.

Tesla has 4.5 million cars gathering data. Tesla will have over 10 million cars gathering data by 2025 and 20 million by the end of 2026 and over 100 million by 2030. If Tesla starts mass producing the Teslabot, they could make 50 Teslabot for the cost of each Model Y.

Tesla is making General foundational AI which is unifying the FSD and Teslabot AI neural networks.

Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.

A frequent speaker at corporations, he has been a TEDx speaker, a Singularity University speaker and guest at numerous interviews for radio and podcasts.  He is open to public speaking and advising engagements.

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Episode 830 - Mr. Dean Franco

Mr. Dean Franco is a Martial Arts instructor, practitioner, and host for the FMA Discussion Podcast.

I had no way of advertising it or releasing it or showing it to the masses. So I just continued developed it around my training partners and students. So what is Blade Tech today? It was very defensive initially and it’s now comprehensive.

Mr. Dean Franco - Episode 830

Learning martial arts before the internet was challenging, especially if you were looking for convenient ways to learn, such as video tutorials. Fortunately, Mr. Dean Franco was able to take advantage of modern technologies for his system. He discussed the impact of the early internet and DVD lessons on martial arts training, which he considers a crucial time for those looking to learn and study martial arts outside of traditional dojo settings.

Mr. Dean Franco shares how he discovered and fell in love with Filipino martial arts, which he now considers his major. He also produced the FMA Discussion podcast, creating a virtual library for the Filipino martial arts community.

In this episode, Mr. Dean Franco talks about his journey in martial arts. He emphasizes the importance of his TaeKwonDo background in his martial arts journey, which helped him appreciate the JKD philosophy and kickboxing techniques he later studied.

Show notes

You can follow Mr. Dean Franco on the following social media platforms: Facebook - Dean Franco Instagram- @dean.8553 Youtube channel - FMA Discussion

Check out this episode!

[cerealsensei]

Disclaimer: I apologize for the audio on my end being weird, unfortunately it was an issue with my laptop and not something I could fix with an edit

We said if Spence Vs Crawford ever happened we would dust off these microphones and hop back in the Dojo so here we are! On this episode @theanticool and I break down Spence Vs Crawford, Naoya Inoue's amazing performance against fulton, the rematch of Dustin Poirier Vs Justin Gaethje and we even talk some Bellator Vs Rizin 2. So sit back and enjoy the episode. Thanks for your support!

Time Stamps

00:00 - Intro 15:50 - Crawford Vs Spence 42:18 - Inoue Vs Fulton 01:30:00 - UFC 291 01:46:12 - Bellator Vs Rizin 2 02:04:40 - Upcoming Fights/Outro

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Ad Ranked Matrix

Dramatic and reckless in their mathematical certainty, the aisles of the supermarket are a train without brakes, bellowing rudely past you, missing you by mere feet, trapping you in their virtual dojo. There you are, instantly lost in Walway-Costmart, tall shelving neatly arranged with cheerful brands and packaging. Wowzers! You're marveling at it's glory! Cereal boxes and Asian sauces, chocolate for lovers, cans for losers, 19 pronoun-specific genres of toilet paper, scented and unscented. The choices seem rather muchly.

But suddenly these tall shelves yield away to row upon row of sun-baked glass and steel resting on alloy wheels. You're standing in a parking lot of vehicular makes and models as far as the eye can see. And here he comes, right on cue. He's over-dressed for the summer weather and making a b-line straight for you. "The feel of the wheel seals the deal," let's get you into something today.

At the market, they all share the same components. Sugar, flour, dairy, various oils. At the dealership it's the same game; engines, foam padded seats, automatic transmissions, various oils.

The core ingredients of these outlets are always produced by singular, industry-root conglomerates. Most of the sugar comes from the same place, or is made in the same way. Most of the foam for the seats comes from the same place, or is made the same way. As time goes on, effeciency dictates more and more objects exist as illusions of diversity derived from a single point of truth.

There's the setup. There's the tee-ball, ready to whack square and true: you are building culture with a language completely disassociated from the physical, real, natural world. Every letter of this latin alphabet you're reading is an imaginary sound that does not come from math or nature. Language is a sealed-off, self-referencing, self-contained protocol for transmitting itself only, and nothing else.

The primary function of language is to use the stepping stones of people's minds to transmit itself through time. Selfishly, blindly, and precicely like a virus. But it is far more complex than a mere virus.

If you can read this, you're hosting a functional symbiosis.

Like your gut bacteria, language is a "beneficial" innoculation. A meta-colony. A meta-multiorganism that resides in your mind, rather than your gut. It exists in the shape of an idea, rather than an oblong single-cell.

Your gut bacteria synthesize your external world into energy. You can't perform that magic without them. You can eat all day long, you'll die of starvation without gut bacteria. So it goes with language. You can listen to podcasts all day long, if you don't know the language you won't gain anything from listening. Your native language imparts into you a talent you can't otherwise have: you can now synthesize your external world into concepts. Rather than eat and drink to synthesize energy, you listen and read to synthesize conceptual models. You wouldn't otherwise be able to synthesize without the symbiosis. Ergo your gut bacteria, ergo your native language.

Living in symbiosis means you're never alone in your desires. And this is the real meat of it, Neo. This is the real point of all this blah-blah-blah, here's the gold of it: the symbiosis gets a "vote" in your daily life. Consider the term "hangry." Consider the crying infant. The symbiosis is voting against you until you satisfy it. You'll be made uncomfortable until you comply with your "roomates."

They're talking to you, Neo. Making you crave things. Giving you the sensations of "desire." The state of your gut bacteria influences your behavior. So goes the state of your language.

When you learned this language you are reading, you were innoculated mentally with the same symbiotic dynamic. Language is no mere "virus;" it is a meta-bacteria in permanent, life-long symbiosis with you. You can't get rid of it. You can't "forget" your native language. And it will processes input with or without you and your "consious free will." Just like your gut bacteria - once you're innoculated, the state of the symbiosis permanently affects your mood, behavior and actions. It pulls your strings. Makes you crave stuff. Language will put you half-asleep into the back seat of a dirty Uber with your expensive shoes on. Shit you'd never do without it.

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Global BDSM with Midori - Ep 198

Midori joins us to discuss Japanese BDSM & why recognizing fundamental differences in various cultures around the world is the key to understanding the how & why behind kink. 

We talk about differences in consent & safety, how differing social norms & hierarchies influence our collective play styles, and how these insights can enhance our own relationships.

Most of us aren’t great at recognizing our way isn’t the only way. But even if you plan on never venturing outside your local BDSM community, a global perspective can broaden your understanding of the psychology behind what we all do, no matter where we do it.    

Guest Bio – Midori

“Your Fairy God-Auntie of Kink. Exploding Expectations. Challenging Conventions.”

Trailblazing educator, sexologist, artist, and irritant to banality, Midori founded Rope Dojo and ForteFemme: Women’s Dominance Intensive. She penned the first English instruction book on Shibari, “Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” in 2001, paving the way for the popularity of rope. Dan Savage calls her the “Super Nova of Kink,” while others affectionately call her Auntie Midori for her cool, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, reality-based teaching. She is also the author of “Wild Side Sex,” “Master Han’s Daughter,” and “Silk Threads.”

Education, Coaching, Private Learning & Art: https://planetmidori.com. Special membership perks! Learn, laugh, and enjoy her special online classes, events, and art at www.patreon.com/PlanetMidori  where she is working on her next shibari book!

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"Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin, Psychologist and Fencing Parent, on Impostor Syndrome and Upping a Fencer’s Mental Game"

"EPISODE SUMMARY

Today we're diving into the mental side of the sport, focusing on a common yet often overlooked struggle: impostor syndrome. We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Lisa Orbe-Austin, a licensed psychologist and renowned executive coach, who's made tremendous strides in tackling impostor syndrome, diversity, equity and inclusion, and effective communication within various organizations and educational institutions.

EPISODE NOTES

Today we're diving into the mental side of the sport, focusing on a common yet often overlooked struggle: impostor syndrome.

We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Lisa Orbe-Austin, a licensed psychologist and renowned executive coach, who's made tremendous strides in tackling impostor syndrome, diversity, equity and inclusion, and effective communication within various organizations and educational institutions.

The author of two insightful books, 'Own Your Greatness' and 'Your Unstoppable Greatness,' she’s an expert in overcoming impostor syndrome and navigating toxic or unsupportive work cultures.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Dr. Orbe-Austin also brings a unique perspective to our discussion today - she's a parent to two budding fencers. Let's delve into her rich professional insights and her firsthand experiences from the fencing world. 

Visit Dr. Orbe-Austin's site 

Read a transcript for this episode"

"In each episode, we’ll talk to someone interesting within the fencing world, including young fencers just learning the sport, coaches, experts from outside of fencing, fencing parents, referees, Olympians and Paralympians, and many more. Ready? Set? Fence!"

So while this podcast is obviously geared directly towards olympic fencers the fact is that there's plenty of folks in historical fencing that deal with imposter syndrome, parenting and similar related issues and that pretty much every fencer out there can keep working on their mental game.

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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

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Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.

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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

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“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.

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Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters

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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.

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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial

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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.

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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.

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More on tactics in fencing

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Open vs closed skills

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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing

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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the ‘HEMA game archive’ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.

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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.

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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.

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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.

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Me preparing for this weekend’s podcast @cerealsensei

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@theanticool and I tried to help @cerealsensei get through this Moncton card. 

I have no idea what we just recorded other than that it’s must listen.