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Entries Tagged as 'Mind'

Lucia Rijker

August 1st, 2008 · 11 Comments

A big MMT thanks to Tong Po for forwarding this article from MMAyou.com It’s an interview with “The Most Dangerous Women in The World” aka Lucia Rijker. Some of you may not be familiar so here we go.
Lucia is one of the most talented Nak Muay’s to come out of Holland. She [...]

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Tags: Fighters · Fights · Mind · Video

Controlling Your Fear

June 11th, 2008 · 17 Comments

I came across this the other day. Reminds me of the scene in “Talladega Nights” when Will Farrell has to get into the car with the Cougar.
I had heard about this place a few years ago, but still haven’t had the opportunity to get out there. My cousin runs a 4×4 touring co. [...]

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Tags: Mind · Rants & Ramblings · Technique · Tradition · Video

Focus

April 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments

What’s up Nak Muay’s?… Oh shnizzle I think broke commenting… with the whole logging system it appears that I’ve reduced commenting by about half.

Things on my end have been slightly hectic. I feel like I’m being pulled in several directions… like I’m doing a lot of things and none of them really well. [...]

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Tags: Mind · Muay Thai · Technique

Clinging

March 18th, 2008 · 25 Comments

As some of you know, I’m a practicing Buddhist. In the Buddhist vernacular we refer to our adherence and observance of Buddhist principles as our “practice”. This is because it is exactly just that, practice. I’ve written a few posts on mindfulness, emotional awareness and meditation.

I haven’t really spent anytime talking about [...]

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The Science of Meditation

October 19th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I stumbled onto this clip the other week. Reason #4 to meditate, you can leave the coat at home! I’m always interested when they talk about the science of meditation. I don’t know what documentary this is from, if any of you know speak up.
This video talks a little bit about [...]

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The Second Arrow

September 11th, 2007 · 12 Comments

I’ve always had a profound respect for individuals who can bounce back after defeat. This is because I used to find it extremely difficult to do so. I used to run the scenario over and over in my head, usually beating myself up in the process.

My teacher once gave a dhamma talk on [...]

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Tags: Mind · Training