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from hero to zero (or, where is mr. miyagi?)

June 8, 2015 by dunn & glick

Where is Mr. Miyagi? If you can remember growing up in 1970s, you probably remember Bruce Lee being the pinnacle of what martial arts training was about. And then came the Karate Kid, and to anyone from a divorced family and growing up in the streets (like myself), it offered a compelling vision of a … [Read more…]

The key to relationships.

May 6, 2015 by dunn & glick

One of my teacher’s tenets about relationships was this: the most important thing is how a person feels about themselves when they’re in your presence. That’s the key to relationships – the ability to make someone feel good about themselves, every time they’re around you. It is one of the underpinnings of everything that we do here at Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. … [Read more…]