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"If you win, do not boast of your victory; if you lose, do not be discouraged. When it is safe, do not be careless; when it is dangerous, do not fear – simply continue down the path ahead" (Jigoro Kano)
Martial arts: Why (by a black belt & PhD holder)?
Black belt, PhD: the parallels between martial arts and scientific research
Black belt vs. PhD, by Joseph Devlin
And here's the parallel:
"The point of the exam isn’t to see if the student gets all the answers right. If they do, it’s the faculty who failed the exam. The point is to identify the student’s weaknesses, partly to see where they need to invest some effort and partly to see whether the student’s knowledge fails at a sufficiently high level that they are ready to take on a research project."
And here're how we have fun with martial arts
KienGiang_sparring_12June2021_640x360_5mpbs.mp4Father & Son bond building, the martial arts way, June 2021
Second Dan grading, with Master Hickey, Complete Taekwondo, April 2021
left to right: Mr Douglas Dickmann (4th Dan), Master Daniel Hickey (7th Dan), Mr Tomislav Zilic (4th Dan), me
Flying side kick 2021 (high, because the camera is low :))
Kien's kicks in 2020
Black Belt grading 14 Feb 2019 (under Master Daniel Hickey, 7th Dan, http://www.itf-administration.com/organisations/?id=211972)
Sparring with my Instructor Sep 2016
Kien & An sparring, Aug 2018
Kien's jumping back kick (23 Dec 2017)
Kien & An (non-contact) sparring at MKA Karate Payneham (23/05/2016)
Kien & An (non-contact) sparring at MKA Karate Payneham (09/10/2017)
An, at Aldinga beach, Nov 2016
and home, Nov 2016
Home, June 2017
Home, Sep 2017
Aspire Taekwondo sparring 2016
(The opponents did not know I was always a bit nervous before any fight; sometimes these are the best minutes of my day)
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