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...." you focus on making sure we don't die,I'll focus on making sure we live..." the two balances to a startup.....
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...." you focus on making sure we don't die,I'll focus on making sure we live..." the two balances to a startup.....
Danny Sikkens
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Interesting discussion of humor, “just joking,” and why it can be important to understand where your funnies are coming from, and when you might need to point out that a joke is messed up.
I try to avoid posting things with a political bent, but the general idea here is still important. If the parts where Trump is used as an example bother you, just substitute the name of the last person you experienced doing something similar.
I stepped in a piece of gum on the street the other day and as I cursed and peeled it off the sole of my shoe, I had a thought about karma that I'd like to try and articulate here. Fact is, I've stepped in dozens of pieces of gum spit out by other people. And me, personally, I have never, not even once, spit a piece of gum out anyplace where anyone could step in it. The bumper-sticker version of karma equivocates it with "payback," and by such logic I would have every right to spit out the next dozen wads of gum I chew right into the middle of the sidewalk. As satisfying as that might sound (and it actually just sounds kinda gross to me), the conventional wisdom about karma is wrong. It isn't about retribution, nor is it strictly about balance, as our soundbyte-loving culture would have you believe. Karma is about connectedness; your actions have consequences outside of the things they directly affect. The gum thing made me think, because this misunderstanding about karma leads a lot of good people to justify doing Bad Things. The situation: something bad happens to you, and it feels unjust because you are a good person who does mostly good things. Bad things are unfair, that's part of what's so bad about them. So you tell yourself (and sometimes the world, or, let's say, Facebook) that you are entitled to do something a little bit mean, to balance the scales just a little bit. Karma's a b****, as the bumper sticker so succinctly puts it. Snark may be in vogue, but this kind of justification disgusts me. By doing something evil, no matter how you've suffered, all you do is contribute more evil to the world. You are no arbiter of fairness. I urge you to reject this temptation. If you feel bad about the injustice of life, do something kind for someone else. Put more good into the world, and you will find yourself living in a slightly better world. Marginally better, perhaps. A world in which bad things still happen to good people, in mostly unfair ways, surely. But a slightly better one. Me, I'm hanging on to my gum wrapper.
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Posted on February 12, 2013 by admin (www.gameness.com)
Cut your nails.
Maybe one of the grossest and most repulsive things you can face in jiu-jitsu is training with someone who has either really long and/or dirty nails. Besides the aesthetic repulsiveness, dirty long nails are potentially a danger to you and your partners. Not only can you badly cut your partner and yourself but the chances of an infection are higher due to all the bacteria that can be under a long and dirty nail. Furthermore, longer nails can break from impact and that can be quite painful and annoying itself – so make sure to maintain those nails on your hands and feet.
Don’t come late to class.
It’s just annoying for your professor and your teammates. It shows a lack of effort and discipline. In many traditional judo classes, you aren’t even allowed into the class if you are late. Every BJJ school has different rules, depending on the professor, but being late is considered disrespectful in most.
Wash your gi.
Coming to class in a clean gi is important, not only from a hygienic perspective, but you don’t want to torcher your partners with the many different nasty smells that a dirty gi can produce. So again, due to respect for your partners, come with a washed gi.
Greet your opponent.
People always slap hands before they start a match – it’s a sign of respect for your opponent. Whether it’s at a tournament or in a class, you have to either shake hands, slap hands, high five, low five, fist bump, bow or whatever else to show good will and sportsmanship. In more traditional martial arts, a bow is mandatory – you must always bow to your partner or opponent. In our more modern sport of BJJ, the tradition varies from school to school, but either way, it’s there and you shouldn’t forget to do it.
Don’t speak while your instructor is demonstrating.
You’d think this would be common sense, but there are plenty of moments where guys either have a chit chat about something in the back while the professor is explaining something. When the professor calls everyone in to explain something, you listen and you stay quiet. It’s annoying for the professor and for the other students trying to focus on the lesson. Feel free to tell the people to zip-it next time you hear chattering while the instructor is doing his thing.
Don’t crank the submissions.
Believe it or not, it’s more important to make sure your partner is not hurt than get the submission. Then again, it is also your partner’s responsibility to tap early enough. However, there are submissions and moments that can come on so quickly that most people won’t have a time to properly tap before getting hurt. So it’s also up to you to identify those moments and save people some trouble.
Yield mat space for higher belts.
These rules may vary from school to school, but generally, if you’re rolling dangerously close to another pair of partners, the pair with the higher belt has to stop and restart in a less busy area. Not only does this show respect for the higher and more experienced belts, but it’s a quick way of deciding who should move and avoiding some serious injuries.