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put to the test

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Author’s note - this was written last Wednesday.

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css">  </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Well, here I am, two days before Christmas and my last day of work before 4 days off. Tonight is the last night of class at the dojo before the Christmas holiday. I am determined to do the things I need to do in order to get where I want to go, and going to class at the dojo is one of those things. Perhaps it is missing the last 4 classes and tonight’s final class of the year, but I find myself wanting to stay home instead of going. But that’s not going to happen.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/12/27/put-to-the-test/#more-340">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/12/27/put-to-the-test/#respond" title="Comment on put to the test">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-332"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/20/increasing-flexibility/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to increasing flexibility">increasing flexibility</a></h3> <small>Friday, November 20th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><title /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css">  </style>This may be my last blog for the next few days – two days from now, I’ll be standing on a mat in a hotel meeting room, enjoying the company and instruction of fellow martial artists for four consecutive days. Once again it’s time for the martial arts clinic that is presented by my school each year. As with year’s passed, I’m really getting excited a bout going, though I won’t be testing for my black belt as originally planned after last year’s clinic. The line up of instructors is nothing short of spectacular, as usual, I have already seen the list of classes, and I have one word to describe them – awesome!</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/03/planned-break/#more-327">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/03/planned-break/#respond" title="Comment on planned break">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-321"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/26/states-of-being/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to states of being">states of being</a></h3> <small>Monday, October 26th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <title /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css">  </style>It is mid-October, 2009, and I am 5 ½ years into my training in DanZan Ryu Jujitsu. Earlier this year, I had planned on testing for black belt at the clinic our dojo puts on in November, but I started my preparations too late in the year and would not have been ready, though I would have been close. I have learned and experienced a lot of things on my journey so far, and some have challenged the world view in my mind. Having reached ‘middle age’, I find that my concept of the world and it’s functioning is sometimes wrong and less flexible than I’d like it to be. Oddly enough, two of the areas where I think my thoughts should be closest are areas where they are the farthest apart. This tells me that I don’t understand either thing as well as I think I do. These two things are martial arts and the Law of Attraction.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/26/states-of-being/#more-321">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/metaphysics/" title="View all posts in metaphysics" rel="category tag">metaphysics</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/law-of-attraction/" title="View all posts in law of attraction" rel="category tag">law of attraction</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/26/states-of-being/#respond" title="Comment on states of being">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-308"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/09/07/being-calm-in-chaos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to being calm in chaos">being calm in chaos</a></h3> <small>Monday, September 7th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Last year, some one I have a great deal of respect for said something very profound, and obvious. Except what he said was not obvious, unless you think about it. As martial artists, in our school we talk about fighting, about the chaos of fighting, and how our martial art trains people to deal with that. So what was said that was so profound? Simply this: to remain calm in the midst of chaos, you have to practice being calm in the midst of chaos. But he was talking about more than just fighting.<br /> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/09/07/being-calm-in-chaos/#more-308">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/09/07/being-calm-in-chaos/#respond" title="Comment on being calm in chaos">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-307"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/08/25/why-i-study-martial-arts/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to why I study martial arts">why I study martial arts</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, August 25th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>This particular question has been on my mind a lot lately. Seems like lately we’re always talking about the fact that people are on the mat for different reasons. Some people want the exercise. Some want skill in physical combat. Some just want to learn to fight. Others want to protect themselves. All of those are valid reasons. And none of them are mine.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/08/25/why-i-study-martial-arts/#more-307">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/08/25/why-i-study-martial-arts/#respond" title="Comment on why I study martial arts">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-305"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/07/06/promotion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to promotion">promotion</a></h3> <small>Monday, July 6th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>It is my privilege and honor to announce that I was promoted to the rank of Ikyu - first degree brown belt! Next stop, black belt… </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/07/06/promotion/#respond" title="Comment on promotion">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-303"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/06/28/internal-inconsistencies/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to internal inconsistencies">internal inconsistencies</a></h3> <small>Sunday, June 28th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>In the not too distant past, I’ve talked about why my life changed. The first couple weeks after were really intense, discovering all the differences. Now that some time has passed, things are settling down some. I’m settling down some. And I’m noticing some things that I didn’t notice before, may not have noticed before. When I get on the mat at the dojo, everything else in the world goes away, or stops. Nothing occupies my thoughts during that time except for what is right in front of me on the mat. When class is over and I leave the dojo, I feel completely different - refreshed, centered - as if I’ve reoriented my world differently and I’m no longer worrying about this or thinking about that - I’m still centered in the moment.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/06/28/internal-inconsistencies/#more-303">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/metaphysics/" title="View all posts in metaphysics" rel="category tag">metaphysics</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/06/28/internal-inconsistencies/#respond" title="Comment on internal inconsistencies">No Comments »</a></p> 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