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Welcome to the Dragon and Crane Dojo Wiki

Wikis are for informal, internal documentation between collaborators (in this case, Chung-sensei and assistant instructors and interns).

They are easy to edit quickly so they can stay up to date with information that changes frequently.

In exchange, they sacrifice aesthetics (ie wikis are ugly).

Therefore they are NOT intended to be customer facing.

Core Karate

Third Party Resources

Orientation

  • Welcome to Parents
  • Dojo Lineage
  • Testing
  • Glossary of Terms
  • History of Japanese Martial Arts
  • Mental Preparation
  • Belt

Basics

White Belt Material

  • Punching
  • Blocking
  • Kicking
  • Falling
  • Judo Sweep

Aikido

  • Supine Wrist Lock
  • Superior Shoulder Lock
  • Prone Wrist Lock
  • Medial Wrist Lock
  • Inferior Shoulder Lock

Beyond Karate

Conditioning

  • Stretching
  • Cat and Crane
  • Strengthening
  • Quadrupedal Motion
  • Agility Ladder

Cross Discipline Training

Theatrics

  • Lion Dance
  • Headstand
  • Improv Games

Meta Cognition: Patterns of Thought and Behavior

  • chunking: forms → vocab lists
    • with numbers: "factoring"
  • analogy: A~B or (I~J :: X~Y)
    • form~karate :: vocab list~language
    • belt system
      • white belt~baby
      • yellow~preschool
      • int~middle school
      • adv~high school
      • red~university
      • black~postdoc
      • sensei~parent/uncle
    • karate~martial arts :: piano~music
    • meditation~mind :: breathing~body
    • breathing~mind :: meditation~emotions (adding dimension)
  • empiricism: testing 2 versions of kicks side by side
  • social protocols
    • reserve apologies for when it matters
    • asking for things: minimize intrusiveness of both request and content
  • defensive practices:
    • sparring: awareness, guard, mobility - protect weak spots - pain vs injury
    • driving: distance, speed, signal, monitor mirrors - arriving late vs collision
    • business: paper trail; lost revenue vs. reputational damage
    • internet/social media: debate vs. scandal - visualize hitting newspaper 1 year from now
  • golden rule
    • talking during class → respect for classmates
    • constructive feedback
    • chest protectors → asking for assistance
  • peer review: related to golden rule
  • polar coordinates: world is not a grid
    • variant: you are NOT the center!
  • input hypothesis "+1" learning
  • inhibitor: form of control, leadership skill (showing example punch)
  • body language clues → thin slicing:
    • footwork → weight shifts
    • hand position → defense vs. offense orientation
    • eye contact → focus or intent
    • posture → confidence or defensiveness
  • deep dive / mining an experience
  • caching
    • memorizing form for ready access
    • memorizing speeches and scripts
  • negative space
    • kick vs. recoil
    • drawing chair vs. gaps
  • agency and opportunity
    • "opportunism" sometimes dirty word, but not necessarily
    • asking → internship (Joshua)
    • creating: no clear line between asking
    • help tying chest protector
    • sparring partner → social dance
    • SMART goals
    • caveats
      • answer might be No
      • Yes might not be desirable → bittersweet
      • asking might cause No → dramatic irony
      • raise hand → time and manner of request
  • information overload
    • chunking
    • start from the end
    • survey
    • depth- AND breadth-first

Kara Schole: Academics Through Karate

Scalability

  • kills 2 birds
  • body/dojo as lab
  • easier to convince people of need
  • higher tolerance for repetition baked into process
  • deepen learning due to positive affect and association

Community College for Graduates: conceptualize as entertainment

  • affordability for professionals
    • $46/credit over 16 week semester
    • 3 credit course ~ $10/week
    • forego 1 streaming service + 1 meal/drinks outing per month
  • less pressure, spread across time
  • social networking
  • serve as mentor / role model to younger students
  • you learn better than you did as a kid

Public Speaking

  • TM fundamentals: personalization, content, eye contact, body language, voice, timing, gauging audience
  • voice training
  • showing example → control: inhibitor
  • articulation of voice and body
  • stillness during fighting stance → negative space
  • gestures: control when not showing examples
  • back fall: irreducible complexity
  • engagement: asking questions/call for examples
  • perspective: pointing to left and right hand

STEM

  • math: summation
  • chemistry: 3D periodic table
  • maker projects
    • robo lion dance
    • dojo AV
  • personal web page
    • JAMstack: github pages
    • SSG: jekyll (vs hugo)
    • dynamic framework: react

docs

Culture

  • reading cursive
  • Korean Hangul (한글) Alphabet
  • Korean Games

Language

Business Administration

C-Suite

Finances

  • Suze Orman
    • budgeting: projection vs. actual → reconciliation
    • current wants vs. future needs
    • fixed vs. variable costs
    • operating costs vs. investments

Projects

Content Creation

  • branding:
    • color hex: #ad1e24
    • font name: Gold Bold