Egan Inoue: Racquetball and BJJ world champion

Holy Moly. I was impressed that Josh Waitzkin could hold national chess championships and world PH championships and now aims for world BJJ championships. Egan Inoue has won multiple world racquetball championships followed up by multiple world BJJ championships. He also won mma world championships, though I can’t find with what organization. His younger brother [...]

Judoka perspective on guard positions

This thread has a judoka’s perspective on bjj guard positions and uses. Talks about open guard, rubber guard, and spider guard. I don’t yet understand these distinctions. Kuzushi using the legs from a bottom position is something I am finding through experimentation, though. Will have to go back to read and better understand the thread [...]

Slightly back weighted

I am increasingly aware that my standing posture is slightly weighted toward the back. I can feel it, I’ve seen it in the mirror, my friends have helped me correct it a bit. Now, the Wii Fit is making it even more clear by drawing two lines, one vertical, one horizontal, then showing a red [...]

Dean Kamen’s version of the bionic arm

Segway inventor Dean Kamen was asked by the US government to work on a bionic arm that would weigh no more than a regular human arm and could be used to pick up a grape without crushing it and pick up a raisin without dropping it. The video does not go into any detail [...]

The Bill Moyers qigong episode

Here is a clip from the old Bill Moyers episode:

Best essay on qigong and internal merging with external

This blog post is the best essay I’ve found on qigong and how neijia, from a qigong-centric point of view, should merge internal with external. It is really about prana and yoga, but to me that’s a very meaningless distinction. Indeed, that it’s not explicitly about qigong or taijiquan or neijia actually gives it more [...]

Machida Ortiz

Who knows how long this one will be up:
http://www.mmaroot.com/lyoto-machida-vs-tito-ortiz-ufc-84-video/
Very entertaining due to Machida being so technically proficient and “unorthodox”. The double kicks, the smoothness. Suddenly appearing, suddenly disappearing. Excellent feints. Renders Ortiz’ clinch useless. Always “connected”. The old story about Yang Cheng Fu and the string comes to mind. That is the kind of mma [...]

Wii Fit

Tonight was the first night we tried the Wii Fit. Overall, I really like it! It’s a lot of fun, and it tracks your weight, BMI, and activities. My “Wii Fit” age was 9 years younger than my real age, so I was happy about that.
However, it focuses a lot on the stability and centering [...]

Science of yoga talk at NIH

This post reviews a talk on the science of yoga and whether there should be a different approach from the usual evidence-based clinical research to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga as a therapy. Everything here should apply to qigong or taijiquan as well.

http://alfiamyst.blogspot.com/2008/05/science-of-yoga-and-weak-hip-flexors.html

Totally offtopic: 10/20/30 presentation rule

Guy Kawasaki talks about his 10/20/30 rule for presentations:

Read his blog entry.
An awesome site he recommends: Presentation Zen.