Budō Mind Podcast

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<p>Discipline fails not in forming intentions, but in acting under emotional pressure.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

<p>Discipline is the stabilization of self-control over time under changing conditions.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

<p>Self-control is the ability to act without being controlled by one’s internal states.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

<p>Zanshin is the condition that keeps action stable beyond success, failure, and emotional disturbance.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

<p>Control is only possible when the capacity for destruction remains a real and credible option.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

<p>A good life is structured not by complexity, but by disciplined simplicity applied consistently over time. In honour of Chuck Norris (1940–2026).</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

<p>Awareness emerges where comfort ends, and practice takes place in the shadow of death.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

<p>Dō is not a personal path, but a way of aligning oneself with an order that transcends the individual.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

<p>Mastery begins when action is no longer oriented toward results but sustained as a way of being.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

<p>The reasons we give for practice are post hoc rationalizations, not the true basis of action.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

<p>Martial arts cannot be defined by a single criterion, but form a network of practices linked by family resemblance.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...