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Black Belt Is Poetry: What It Really Means to Master Jiu-Jitsu

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I’ve always been a writer. As far back as I can remember, I wrote short stories and poems. So when I came across a literary analogy for the BJJ belt system, it stuck with me. It described the ranks as levels of reading and writing comprehension: By this comparison, black belt is the poetry stage—the

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What I Learned From Training Three Days With a Navy SEAL

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The first time I met Mike O’Dowd felt like the first time I’ve met many other military “operators”—a slang term used to describe members of elite special forces units. They always seem to be unassuming. The reality of these soldiers often differs drastically from the glorified heroes we see in movies or TV. Instead of

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