Enjoy yourself: Reasons one should savour the learning experience
Our emotional state while learning has a dramatic effect on our brain's readiness to absorb new information, act creatively, and retain new content.
Month: January 2020
Getting it Right by Doing Things Wrong
A sometimes-heard phrase around the Academie is "doing things wrong will help you figure out when something's right." This is an often-understood but …
Stretching for Swordplay
One day while teaching a private session one of my students brought in an old book of stretches and stretching routines and asked which ones were best…
Swordplay Symposium 2020: March 6-8
We're bringing together the martial arts traditions of countries from across the globe in the spirit of collaboration and learning. This year we have …