An art, intense body challenges like martial art, fresh air and the freedom of wandering: skateboarding.
Here are highlights of a couple bonkers-dynamic skaters, Andy Anderson & Kilian Martin.
Tag Archives: martial-arts
ooda mind elements
Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
Woody ranges of activity
Walking quietly in the forest at twilight, one step consciously at a time. Forest parkour. Bushwacking and orienteering. This spectrum feels like a blend between qi’gong and skateboard, two of my other favorite ranges of activity.
The Watery Way
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself
Lao Tzu
A very early lesson from various styles of kung fu and systema (Russian martial arts): best way to counter a punch is to not be in its way. All other moves stem from this, as one moves like water, finding the unobstructed way and using this momentum and gravity to progress toward better.
This also relates to the Daoist ethic of moving toward what is good and doing so simply, rather than living a complex life in aversion to what is bad.
Check Your Alignment
Alignment is a significant factor in one’s success
From martial arts to carpentry, all kinds of works and ways
Where one faces sets one’s places in the midst
This shifts, the rearrangement, look how the range went
And became something new, according to a few possibilities
Will to be
What’s your alignment?