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Kungfu

The Work of Endless Repetition

Craig Mallett   There’s no two ways about it; internal cultivation requires effort. It’s not just any kind of effort either, there is a particular ...
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F*ck Galileo

Dave Wardman   As we proceed through this year, 2025, I and my brethren have been noting a sharp increase in the number of sentences ...
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Trial & Error Over Denial & Bullsh*t

Austin Einhorn   Here’s something I’ve noticed about practitioners who get stuck: they’re more comfortable being consistently wrong than occasionally uncertain. They’d rather stick with ...
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Being Good = Having Value

Nadia Genois   Me, being awkward and robotic, learning this beautiful new choreography by @polefiction . And furthermore, forgetting the choreo. A few days ago, ...
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Back Injuries: Two Different Paths

Tom Morrison   Billy and Bob had similar upbringings: they went to the same school, played the same sports, were the same weight & height ...
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High Level Swim Drill

Gary Stockdale   It is not “high-level” because I am a high-level aquatic athlete. (I haven’t the time or spare skin…) The grip, positional refinement ...
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Roundtable #16 – Defining Personhood

  Alternative Title: What Does It Mean To Be Human?   Hey all.  I’m in the process of reconstructing pretty much my whole life, and ...
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The Artist Competes

Margot Ciccarelli     When you act with integrity, you cannot lose.  
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The Breathing Switch

Matea Sedlaček   Breathing is the only autonomic function you can switch to manual control on demand. Though, I am open to discussing whether there ...
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Decompression is Weird

Chris Davis     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Chris Davis (@hellotoallthefishes)
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Daoism & the Involuntaries (Part 3): Thinking & Predictive Debt

Dare Carrasquillo   Debt in this article means that you have overdrawn on your resources and are now consuming more than you recover, store, or ...
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Daoism & the Involuntaries (Part 2): Sleep & Movement Debt

Dare Carrasquillo   Debt in this article means that you have overdrawn on your resources and are now consuming more than you recover, store, or ...
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Daoism & the Involuntaries (Part 1): Background

Dare Carrasquillo Alternative title: Story, State, Action Model for a Collapsing Mythology (part 1) Index of articles related to Story, State, Action model can be ...
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A Better Snatch Progression

Brandon Chien   Overhead Squats will not teach you how to “get under the bar faster”. Here’s why: 1. At no point in a Snatch ...
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The Truth in Life & Love

Jim Freda   What is philosophy? Literally translated it is the love of knowledge. But what then is love?  Does it mean that we collect ...
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Effective Programs are Personal

Jeremy Fein   I’m supposed to shit on cookie cutter programs, right?  My whole coaching philosophy is about collaborating with clients to create 100% customized ...
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Unsticking the Stuck (With Your Very Own Hands)

Samantha Faulhaber   A solo offering on unsticking and freeing up the body for movement. Playing with epimysial grooves can help speed healing and increase ...
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Guided Spinal Elasticity Routine

Jason Round   Unfortunately, the socials are getting harder and harder to embed direct, but you can see and access the video here.  
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