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Full-Scale KIM (opens the original)
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SDS9 – S6E20: "His Way" (opens the original)
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SDS9 This episode was recorded on September 6, 2026.We discuss “His Way” and holodeck politics.SDS9 seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 can be found wherever you stream Southpaw. Season 6 is only available to paid subscribers.Transcript Read more
On Learning and Drowning (opens the original)
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Learning to swim isn’t the same as drowning prevention. A focus on techniques or even games can be a distraction from understanding what it takes to just be in water.Water is a broad environment. It doesn’t promise a depth. Being in water doesn’t promise a duration or orientation.This is the difference between learning movements and learning to function in an environment.A person can possess a motor pattern for swimming without possessing a sufficiently adaptable relationship with the aqu
KIM Chicken Fight (opens the original)
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This module introduces a sophisticated sparring activity that’s rich in theory and strategy.By now, practitioners should have been dwelling in various striking situations. Most LMA organizers aren’t waiting for me to show every punch, kick, knee, and elbow activity. They’ve already designed their own activities using the LMA framework. That’s the point of an approach: it gives you a framework for design. These modules are the examples and systems I use in the LMA Learning Lab I organize.This Chi
Self-Defense Context and Patterns (opens the original)
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All self-defense classes are scripted. The script comes in the form of a predetermined scenario and predetermined movements.The scenario often fantasizes about what could still happen to a rich white homeowner who lives in a nice part of town, has a nice car, a white-collar job, and can afford $200+ in monthly martial arts dues, private lessons, and seminars. They imagine some stranger coming up to you and trying to kill you for no reason. Like Israel, they think they’re minding their own busine
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