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CONFLICT AND SPARRING
Sparring is a perfect metaphor for conflict. You are duking it out with a cohort because you both are working to obtain similar things. Sometimes you stay calm, other times you escalate. You both want better skills, success, and self-efficacy. … Continue reading
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Tagged box, Boxing, boxing gyms, canvas, coaching, discomfort, homo sapiens, humans, ring, Seattle boxing gym, squared circle, student, teacher, truth, uncomfortable
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Evening thoughts across the bridge
Sometimes blogs seem elusive and other times about 3 or 4 blogs run through me so rapid fire that I can’t capture a single word. Tonight I was driving home across the West Seattle Bridge…..looking at the crimson sky as … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, blog, Box on, Boxing, bridge, coaching, duwamish, Expression, jack kerouac, thelonious monk, thoughts, truth, west seattle, words
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Passion
I’m known for being a technical coach. I focus on the mechanics and the bio-rhythms of punching and footwork. I love each minute detail and the amount of focus it takes to change a habit. I love perfecting each little … Continue reading
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Tagged arena, authentic, Boxing, brutal, Community, contribute, dig deep, dominate, fight, functional patterns, honest, honesty, learn, Passion, ring, semantics, truth
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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
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Tagged adii sports, buddhism, feedback, functional patterns, inspiration, move, sports, truth, word
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Daily prompt blog
via Daily Prompt: Betrayed California- Desert casino- Boxing- lights- t.v. I had an interesting and blazingly fast Boxing career. My manager, a boisterous Italian put me in his stable of all male contenders saying, “Turton- you will be the only … Continue reading
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Tagged adii gloves, adii sports, betrayal, Boxing, casino, competition, Creative writing, daily prompt, fight, functional patterns, hands, nerves, pechanga, truth
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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
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punishment/reward
In my life I have primarily experienced the paradigm of punishment and reward. It is the most debilitating and difficult paradigm to see through. All of our society is organized around it. Do well, earn privileges, make mistakes and be … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplishment, accountability, action, blunt, Boxing, chance, Community, direct, honesty, learning, living, paradigm, punishment and reward, risk, skill, space, together, truth, work
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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
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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
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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
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