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Project: Chaos!, from vice city

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    1. Oddsbodskins
      Oddsbodskins
      Interesting ideas on your project chaos, have just read through what's up so far. Like to see how you progress.
    2. 6footgeek
      6footgeek
      your welcome. =)

      i actually was out of touch for a few days but i saw the responses today and i was very glad to see all the productive feedback =)
    3. belltoller
      belltoller
      Ya, it applies to all us old geezers who're just getting on with it
    4. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Warrior (Part 3)

      The challenge this week is to do it (whatever “it” may be). Everyone dreams of a better or at least, different life. We all wish we had skills or attributes or possessions that we don’t currently have. Many of us also have regrets about the path not taken. The spark for this idea came from jiujitsu of all things. It was entitled “100 things you should do in jiujitsu”. One of those is “compete in the mundials (worlds)”. Most bjj players dream about it, but most don’t attempt it. Find something you want and DO IT!
    5. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Warrior (Part 2)

      Most of the time these pieces of “advice” are offered, they miss the point. They are somehow intended to end the conversation, as if they are the final missing chunks of wisdom that will suddenly make things happen. This is wrong. If such calls to action are given, then DO SOMETHING by offering actual advice on how to play the game, catch the fish or hit the home run. To not do so is the equivalent of demanding better grades from a child, but not giving them the study skill that would make better grades possible.
    6. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Warrior (Part 1)


      A consistent attitude possessed by this skull in one of “do it”, and “better way to do it”, and so on. Many of us want to find the “best way” or build the “better mouse trap”. All of these notions are predicated on the drive to “do” things. But, how often do we look around the world or at ourselves and think “more should be done about this, or that, or the other thing”?

      There are many platitudes and generalities regarding this subject:

      You can’t hit a home run if you don’t step up to the plate!
      You can’t catch a fish if you don’t get your hook in the water!
      You can’t win if you don’t play the game!
    7. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Inquisitor (Part 3)

      This is not good. And this sort of nonsense goes on everywhere, in all avenues of life. If we want to grow, as a race/species/people, we have a responsibility to try to change this. To that end, the challenge this week is to see the positive. When judging new ideas or concepts, focus on what is positive and interesting about them, even if the idea/concept is not necessarily “your bag, baby”. Upon reviewing the idea the student brought up, we (our group/clan/club/class/warband/gang) actually came up with some “whizbang” things we could do to improve our own training.
    8. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Inquisitor (Part 2)

      A scientist (whose name escapes memory this moment) once said that the mind treats strange ideas the same way the body treats strange organisms. Often, when dealing with students, it is necessary to correct things. Any of us that are instructors know this. Any of us who are students have experienced this. Recently, a student wanted to try something in training (“what it was” is not important right now), and in kneejerk fashion, talked it down. There was nothing inherently wrong with the idea, it was just the fact that the idea didn’t originate “in house” and was perforce “bad”.
    9. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Inquisitor (Part 1)

      Often, as seen on these very threads, a question arises asking about some negative bias in the martial arts. Look at threads on Taekwondo or Wing Chun, for example. It would appear (at least superficially) that there is a profound negative orientation in the minds of martial artists. So, when offering advice or answers or just responses, we become Judges (just look to the thread “how much drilling time to you get” to see examples of this.
    10. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Artist (Part 3)

      While the 5th grade response was the most logical, the other answers demonstrated a willingness to consider other options (however impractical they might be). In training, many insights were gained from teaching the kids, listening to them and then passing that along to the adults. A lot of advances have been made in this way. So, the challenge for this week is to think like a kid. When your are considering doing something or solving some problem, ask yourself what a 1st grader would say about it.
    11. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Artist (Part 2)


      As each grade level observed the offending word on the table, each grade level offered different sorts of solutions to the problem. Of course, each grade level has different tools for problem solving, but what was telling, was the differences in levels of imagination. In descending order of grades, their solutions looked something like this:

      5th grade:
      “just tell the janitor and he’ll get it off”

      4th grade:
      “maybe we can see if we can get a blue slip (reward system) for washing it off”

      3rd grade:
      “maybe we can just turn the table and noone will see the bad word”

      2nd grade:
      “we can draw over it an make a picture”

      1st grade:
      “we can get Godzilla to burn it off with his fire breath”
    12. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Artist (Part 1)

      Sometimes, when posting on the forum, it is easy to see that this skull tends to be quite literal about a lot of things. While yours truly definitely appreciates logic, there is something to be said for the artistic approach. A few years ago, while working at an elementary school, there arose an interesting situation. Someone had scrawled the word “****” on one of the tables on the playground. At this school, each grade (1st through 5th) took recess at different times.
    13. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Explorer (Part 3)

      As you can see, there are a lot of possible applications of this exercise and there are even more possible outcomes. Such departures from your routine will often lead to new ideas. Explore a bunkai with your eyes closed. Talk to a student or instructor about something unusual. For this week, constantly ask yourself how you can give your thinking a jolt, a figurative “kick in the keester”.
    14. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Explorer (Part 2)

      It has been said that the more often we do something in the same way, the more difficult it becomes to think about doing it is any other way. So the challenge for this week is to break away from patterns of familiarity. Granted, patterns are good, or we wouldn’t have them in the first place. However, we often stick to patterns of familiarity simply because they are familiar. Instead, we want to seek some form of disruption. We are disrupting our “habitual thought” patterns. They way you act upon this is totally up to you. You might eat ice cream for breakfast or do something out of the norm like visiting a wrecking yard (junk yard). You could take a day off from work in the week and then work a day on the weekend. If you regularly travel to a friend’s house, try a different route.
    15. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      Hello,

      Welcome to Project: Chaos!

      Week 1

      The Martial Explorer (Part 1)

      One has only to read the threads to realize that this skull (yours truly) has some fairly “pronounced” views of what’s what. However, there is always room for other “stuff” in the ol’ cranium. The fact that this forum was even visited in the first place has to do with something of an epiphany that was had. Recently started changing some things in the schedule. What this lead to was unexpected to say the least. A couple simple changes to the schedule were yielding some interesting training sessions with students. We had begun exploring old material in new ways, and also approaching new material more vigorously.
    16. lorenzodamarith
      lorenzodamarith
      hello,

      tomorrow, will begin a series of mini articles intended to change (slightly) how we think and what we spend our time thinking about. each week, there will be 4 exercises. the challenge here is to act upon those exercises in our daily lives. this could be work, school, gym, home or just about anywhere. the more situations you can find in which to apply these exercises, the better. at the end of each week, we can all come back here and write a little about how these ideas were put into practice.

      for the next few months, doing different things, asking different questions, offering different answers and talking to different people is the mission. hopefully this will all lead to more interesting topics and discussions in the threads (and elsewhere).

      thanks
    17. SAMA-UK
      SAMA-UK
      Hello mate,
      It's been such a long time since I played. I think "Alliances" was the set I started on. But it wasn't until "Tempest" or "Mirage" that I became adept at building a themed and punishing deck! It must be ten years since I picked up a deck - I might go see if they're still up in the attic!
      Take care, enjoy your time on MAP!
    18. robertmap
      robertmap
      Hi - watched the movie (Blu-Ray) yesterday - not great but def OK :)
    19. Blade96
      Blade96
      Hey homie :) I like to make thought provoking threads at times. x
      and make posts and threads that are good for a laugh :) Its good to have a bit of both on a forum. Glad you liked my thread. all good wishes. x
    20. seiken steve
      seiken steve
      Cheers man, I think all of us can benefit from some footage of ourselves now and again, just to keep things in check we normally wouldn't notice.
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