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Marcus Davila | Karate & Judo, Tactile vs. Intuitive Training, Inspiration, Martial Spirit | Ep15
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Sensei Marcus Davila is a 50-year practitioner, and a teacher, of Okinawan Goju-ryu karate and Japanese judo and aikido. Our discussion focused on many topics including Karate & Judo, Tactile vs. Intuitive Training, Inspiration, Martial Spirit. #Transformationswithmarkvwiley
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0:00 Opening, Bodhidharma, Busaganashi
2:49 Judo, aikido, karate lessons in 1970s
6:12 How to blend the three arts – Strike, Lock, Throw
8:26 Can a martial art be pure? Look at it with new eyes.
12:15 Reexamining the arts later in life. Taking the ‘best’ does not work. Charting progress.
13:46 How to stay in the game. Tactile and intuitive over visual techniques
16:40 Changing mindset: perception, preferences, ability, intent. Evidence-based teaching, never bored with full transmission
18:12 The art vs. tools of techniques. Disconnect between forms, self-defense and sparring, levels of training.
21:47 Training all kata in a row shows connection and variance. Judo entries, foot throws, sweeps, lower techniques
29:34 The way one trains, defense and counter. Seal the hands, control root, break structure, go.
33:38 Practice skills, partner play, enter and take care of business
36:09 Hojo Undo equipment training, in the space of an ox, original kata, what is tradition? What makes change?
43:08 When new isn’t new. Elite performance. Eureka moments!
50:14 Divination as a conduit, prayer, meditation, sacred space, cognition
58:30 Kokonden school, transmission of old and new traditions. Who to teach what?
1:02:56 Worship vs. Inspiration, developing moral character, rituals
1:06:05 Doing it all over again. Living life, self-worth, reflection on self
1:09:01 Sensei’s transformation and how the arts transform others.
1:11:22 Final words
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