Perfectionist athletes don't see themselves as perfectionists. They see themselves as failures. There's a mismatch in their diagnosis.

Thinking a lot about a convo between @liberationma.bsky.social and me: Whether we are all destined for a a future in America where we are all hawking our services on social media like one Big Giant Home Shopping network. Journalism becomes not a stable career, but a side hobby at best.

Recently had @karenattiah.bsky.social visit the LMA Learning Lab. We talked philosophy and the Liberation Martial Arts approach as we trained, and sharing a part of that training and conversation here.

We discuss "Waltz," which is a redo of "Blaze of Glory," but this time Sisko is Eddington and Dukat is Sisko.

Learning to use our legs like our hands. In the Liberation Martial Arts online curriculum, adults learn through care, play, and self-direction. Learn the LMA system by subscribing online ➡️

Talking about what I've been watching outside of the UFC and explaining why I haven't been covering UFC fights lately.

Our approach to giving and receiving kicks gracefully. Learn the LMA system by subscribing online

Rather than hitting hard, we teach the concept of joint stiffness. Snapping our strikes, whether punches or kicks, protects our joints while also letting momentum, rather than strength, do most of the work. Learn the LMA approach online ➡️

We have an innovative system for developing accurate and powerful punches. Learn through our online curriculum ➡️

Listen to our Deep Space Nine show

Grassroots muay Thai facilitators came in from out of town for a 3-day intensive on the Liberation Martial Arts approach.

We use a unique approach to naturally develop punching that works for each individual.

You can't have an anti-hierarchical BJJ gym or program. It is not possible because BJJ means ranks and affiliations, all funneled through one federation

LMA's Nalparam draws from an indigenous Korean martial game of the same name and carries its spirit forward within the LMA learning and safety framework.

In the LMA approach, you don't just learn martial arts. More importantly, you learn to teach yourself.

The global majority/minority binary isn't a good replacement for left and right because of gusanos, bobasanos, and gushahnos.

In theory, empire could mean any country. In practical reality, it means US-Israel.

If you're a Marxist materialist, what's more materialist than live sparring? What better way to escape the theater of the mind and return to the material world than being consensually thrown or kicked to the leg?

No greater terror state on earth today than the USA

No country has bombed as many countries, and per year, than the US. Just an irrefutable fact. There's a hierarchy to abusers, and the US is the current undisputed champion. Any attempt to flatten that hierarchy ends up apologizing for the US.

When US fascism goes abroad, it's always under the guise of anti-authoritarianism

Get those pics with US Olympic athletes waving the goddamn US flag off of your timelines, especially while it's committing war crimes

To the libs who say they will never forgive Palestine supporters, I say I will never forgive the US and the people who support it

Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

remember, it's our freedom they hate. definitely not the fact that our government is made up of monsters and we keep acting like it is normal.

To the US and Israel, bringing freedom to oppressed girls in Iran means killing school girls. With the genocide of children in Gaza and what we know from the Epstein files, these “world leaders” hate and harm children, not free them.

Goddamn, there's a lot of racist martial arts brands

Learn Liberation Martial Arts online: "LMA requires direct engagement with the here—the world beyond your internal commentary. Perception must be grounded in the senses, not in thoughts about the senses. The task is to meet what is happening now—to detect changes as they arise in real time."

NGL. Teaching martial arts, not drilling, and having radical anti-imperial politics is not a great way to make a lot of friends—which is why we appreciate the friends and allies we do have.

Western propaganda will turn people hurt by capitalism into anticommunists

Why are the majority of Asian content creators who show up on my IG feed boba gusanos or bobasanos?

It's been years in the making. The newest series in the LMA curriculum. Read about it now by signing up for Liberation Martial Arts

If your martial arts teacher/facilitator doesn't know what CTE or TBI is, get out of there. No, it is not some new thing kids these days made up.

As an Asian unc, I wake up at the same time every day not because I never want to sleep in. It's because waking up around the same time is much easier for my body long-term than constantly changing my circadian rhythm and giving myself jetlag.

The number of pro-Palestine and anti-ICE people cheering and celebrating the US in the Olympics really shows that sportswashing works.

MORE THAN EVER, celebrating US Olympics is sportswashing. Associating US gold with Palestine IS sportswashing.

Even a bad teacher can teach you a groin kick. But it takes a really good one to teach you not to accidentally groin kick all your training partners

The thing that draws me to combat sports is that you at least get a fighting chance, which is more than you get with most other things

Martial arts learning, or learning of any kind, works a lot better if you believe you are capable.

Playful knee and sweep sparring. Once it feels safe, throwing and being thrown becomes play. In the Liberation Martial Arts online curriculum, adults learn through care, play, and self-direction.

Lots of starry-eyed people come to martial arts. That's why we start with training the eyes so they can better see reality.

An alternative cheaper way to lace up boxing gloves

If you, as a coach, believe in learners, they learn better. Be their number one cheerleader.

Scenes from our new LMA activity that combines muay Thai style dumps with safe falling. Once it feels safe, throwing and being thrown becomes play. In the Liberation Martial Arts online curriculum, adults learn through care, play, and self-direction.

More people have lost their jobs speaking out on Palestine than people who are on the Epstein list. This tells you everything you need to know about the West, despite it lecturing the world.

Regardless of age, if you train a lot, you will get better. If your focus is improvement, the priority is always frequency.

Brain injury is not something you want to learn about through DIY and trial and error

Scenes from our new LMA activity that bridges striking and takedowns. It's part of a larger ecology built for people who never felt welcome in martial arts spaces. In the Liberation Martial Arts online curriculum, adults learn through care, play, and self-direction.

One of the reasons why martial arts is good for your mental health is that it deprives you of the ability to go online. Regular training forces a regular digital detox.

Boredom can be seen as a break from dopamine, and it’s probably a necessary reset to prevent our brains from constantly getting hijacked and to interrupt negative loops.