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Patterns
Our lives are patterns…..patterns of thought, movement and behavior. I’m on the fence about whether we change patterns, only get more aware or do both. I was watching some old footage of Greg from when he boxed in Hawaii…..and was … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner
Tagged adii sports, buddhism, feedback, functional patterns, inspiration, move, sports, truth, word
Knowing the depths
As coaches, we find our depths and get to know them so that we are able to better guide others in finding theirs. We sit in our depths with curiosity so that we can clean out as much judgement as … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner, competition
Tagged anxious, Arcaro, art, boxeo, Boxing, boxon, Brianna west, buddhism, escape, feedback, inspiration, life, self care, space, sports, study, truth, work
So many things
I’ve been away from Seattle, my dogs and the gym for over a week. It feels like it’s been almost a month. If I had it entirely my way, Greg would have the championship from Golden Gloves in his hand … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner, Community, competition
Tagged Arcaro, art, Boxing, boxing gym, breathing, buddhism, competition, consistency, culture, emily edison, feedback, fitness, functional patterns, greg cruz, inspiration, italian, Jennifer hamann, landscape, life, mexican, nature, Naudi Aguilar, nutrition, running, science, Seattle boxing gym, sports, Stephanie vuolo, truth, Wim Hof, work
Little lessons
There is nothing like running a business to learn what a really terrible leader you are. I was speaking to another entrepreneur about this realization. Now, making a statement like that just might elicit outside comments like, “but coach, you … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner
Tagged amateur, Arcaro Boxing, Boxing, brutal, buddhism, canvas, competition, discovery, failure, feedback, functional patterns, Georges Bernanos, gloves, in depth, inspiration, italian, liberation, punch, redemption, regional golden gloves, ring, Seattle, sin, sports, truth, Washington golden gloves
Mistakes
I’ve been thinking about the concept of mistakes lately. Google dictionary gives us these definitions of mistake: error, fault, inaccuracy, omission, slip, blunder, miscalculation, misunderstanding, oversight, misinterpretation, gaffe, faux pas, solecism It seems that the word is heavily interpreted in … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner
Tagged accountability, actions, Amateur Boxing, Arcaro, buddhism, business, Community, functional patterns, heritage, hypocrisy, inspiration, italian, learning, life, mechanics, mistakes, oversights, philanthropy, Professional boxing, resource based economy, space, sports, substance, sustainable, the Venus project, truth, word, work
Clean Boxing
There are different kinds of “really wanting it.” As a coach you will hear the phrase “I really want it” a lot. It will come with a multitude of intents, such as, desperation, desire, burning intention and a host of … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner
Tagged box clean, Box on, boxingandfp, buddhism, functional patterns, inspiration, intent, life, practice, Responsibility, space, translate, truth, work
Competitive season
Here we are again in January with Golden Gloves a week away. Competitive teams ebb and flow at all gyms. Sometimes we are stacked with eager competitors who are ring ready and other times we have a bunch of folks … Continue reading
Boxing as Applied Humanities
Boxing is applied psychology. The ring our couch, our sparring partners our therapists. We enter the ring to become aware of our patterns……our thoughts that govern our movements. Our sparring partners expose us to ourselves. Our coaches are our alter … Continue reading
Posted in Coach's Corner, Uncategorized
Tagged box, Boxing, buddhism, Community, depths, discipline, encourage, functional patterns, humanities, individual, PhD, power, powerlessness