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Do You Know This?
Do you know this choke?
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Andrew Smith
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Force Multipliers
If you’re an aspiring business owner who’s excited to learn how to run your business, you probably come across a lot of jargon. Business self-help…
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Andrew Smith
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A Rough Introduction to Judo
In some ways, it might be fair to say that I was coddled through my first decade of life.
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Andrew Smith
11
Cutting Weight
One of the worst things about high school wrestling, for most of my teammates, was cutting weight.
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Andrew Smith
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Much Harder Blows
My exposure to the UFC (and to what’s called Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA for short) began in 1995.
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Andrew Smith
10
Millstones and Milestones
Millstones are heavy circular stones used for grinding grain.
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Andrew Smith
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49 and Feelin' Fine
Last year, I started a rather morbid tradition of identifying folks who had died at my current age, then 48.
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Andrew Smith
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The Triangle Choke
Writing is a really important part of my life.
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Andrew Smith
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The Unknown Knowns
Donald Rumsfeld, both the youngest and the oldest US secretary of defense, famously laid out a framework for thinking and decision-making.
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Andrew Smith
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Circles of Competence
When I started wrestling at the tail end of my freshman year of high school, I was a fish out of water.
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Andrew Smith
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Playing Around
Stop playing around!
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Andrew Smith
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Rocinha
In 2004, I visited Brazil for the first time.
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Andrew Smith
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