Thoughts on swordplay, mastery, coaching, teaching, and living with intention.
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When I look at my pursuit of mastery and proficiency in the various arts of my life I see more clearly now that truly a very small percentage of what is between me and mastery (meaning a high level...
(A version of this post was originally posted on the Duello.TV blog) In swordplay: Your sword is getting set aside while you attack. Your parry is not succeeding in closing the line. In dance: You're...
I had an interesting discussion with a friend and dance partner the other day. I asked her if she considered herself a “dancer” or “someone who dances”. She said the latter because she felt that...
On the way home from a big fencing tournament last year, one of my students who was riding shotgun, feeling suitably exhausted, turned to me and asked "How are you so awake still? How do you have so...
"When others shine. I gain." This is a shift I made in my own personal philosophy recently and it felt important to write more about it. I believe in choosing your philosophy. I feel that all...
I abhor the idea that love must be symmetrical: "The one who loves the least, has the most control." Perhaps this connection of love and control comes from an unhealthy relationship with love. One...
My people share with me on the deepest levels. They share their fears and sorrows, their funny stories and foibles, their biggest failures and their biggest joys. My people know me and are known to...
Sometimes change is just not fast enough for me. I have an impatient soul that goes along with the rigorous demands I make of myself. Like many I want to see immediate results to affirm the direction...
I had a terrible night dancing just recently. A night where I felt completely disconnected from dancing – something that I truly am passionate about. I felt awkward, bored, frustrated, and completely...
In Reinventing Collapse, Dmitry Orlav talks about how those of us who live in the Western world have sacrificed meaningful relationships to the service economy. By living in a world where every thing...