Category Archives: Psychology

Mind, Body and Spirit

Posted on Saturday, 7 July, 2012 by

Some of my more regular readers may have been a little surprised to find that I reblogged a post from a young lady who was not a martial artist, and who was writing about her internal life.  So I just … Continue reading →

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Confidence…Who we present, and how we really feel

Posted on Thursday, 5 July, 2012 by

Here's me, faking like I'm a middle-aged British woman. When I worked as a magazine editor, I had a great friendship with our publisher.  Her name was (and still is, actually) Brenda. She was in her mid-40s and one of…

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“Because You’re Worth It!” Or are you? Rank inflation in the martial arts.

Posted on Friday, 4 May, 2012 by

Rank inflation in the arts is something any long-time practitioner will have witnessed more than once in their time, and there can be many different drivers that cause it to occur. I had to deal with this issue – hopefully … Continue reading →

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Fit to Fight – Exercise, Health and training to survive

Posted on Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 by

Introduction There is a long-running debate concerning whether training in the art makes you fit for the art – as well as just generally fitter – or whether it is necessary to undergo fitness training to enable you to survive … Continue reading →

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Questions, Questions…

Posted on Saturday, 24 September, 2011 by

Years ago my wife (who was my senior student then as now, but not my wife or even girlfriend at the time) and I had a dojo at St. Mary’s Medical School in Paddington in London.  We had a lot … Continue reading →

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Mindset – our flexible friend

Posted on Friday, 23 September, 2011 by

Anything sophisticated enough to be called a martial art uses psychology in a multiplicity of ways.  A generalised understanding of the psychology of stress and aggression (nearly the same thing, though mostly they simply overlap) is obviously useful.  This can … Continue reading →

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Supporting the Body and the Mind – Supplemental Training for the informed martial artist

Posted on Monday, 18 July, 2011 by

For most modern martial arts students, supplemental training tends to refer to running for fitness, a new stretching routine or an alternative resistance training regime, but the truly traditional disciplines were replete with all manner of effective adjuncts to calisthenics … Continue reading →

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