You can tell when it happens. Long before someone earns a new belt or passes a test, before they land a clean combination or control a violent takedown, something else shows up—something deeper. Their posture shifts. Their breath steadies. Their decision-making sharpens. They start moving like they know who they are—and what they are…
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Self-confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s not a hack. And it’s not a personality trait. It’s a reputation. Not the one you parade around in front of others—but the one you carry quietly in your own soul. Your self-confidence is your reputation with yourself. And that reputation is built or broken by what you tolerate—especially…
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I’m growing increasingly tired of the pretenders—those who sit behind a screen and critique self-defense content without the slightest qualification to do so. These “evaluations” of video clips and technique breakdowns are often laughably out of context, recklessly uninformed, and—if you know what to look for—expose a stunning level of ignorance. Let me be…
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Last Saturday night, the house was unusually quiet. The kids were off with friends at an eighth-grade dance. My wife was on driving duty. And I—suddenly alone—found myself wandering through the many streaming menus, searching for something new to half-watch. There wasn’t much. But then I saw a film featuring Vince Vaughn and several older…
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