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How You Train and Think About Martial Arts Might Be Fascist

Militaristic perfection is literally embodied in the incessant practice of physical refinement and conformity

Aug 4 • Korean Fury

Early to Stagnant

Jul 11 • Korean Fury

In LMA, proficiency is the ability to drop into a gym, spar with a stranger, and reasonably protect both yourself and your partner.

Jul 6 • Korean Fury

Choosing Suffering

Choosing to compete in combat sports is a great way to examine the paradox of suffering

Apr 5 • Korean Fury

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Low-Frequency Plus Randomness

What problem is this solving?

Mar 17 • Korean Fury

On Martial Promotion Systems

If you make belt ranks so precious, people will put up with a lot of red flags to get them

Feb 20 • Korean Fury

The Flawed Fairness of Gyms

In many ways, the gym is more honest and fairer than the rest of society

Feb 12 • Korean Fury

Screens and Attention

Self-direction depends on the ability to choose where attention goes

Feb 6 • Korean Fury

LMA Way to Wrap Hands

Watch now | This is my all-purpose method for wrapping hands

Feb 4 • Korean Fury

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SA in BJJ: A Structural Criticism

People leave one predator-gym and end up in another predator-gym. Why?

Feb 4 • Korean Fury

Learning Case Study: Grappling and Striking

Teaching wrestling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu is easier to do well than teaching boxing or Muay Thai well

Jan 23 • Korean Fury

Replacing people who leave with new beginners is the most exhausting and unstable path to growth

Jan 23 • Korean Fury

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