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2022-04-19T18:33:24-05:00

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Deep Scene Breakdown, “So I Don’t Have to Fight”

Last updated on: April 19, 2022 at 6:33 pm By Andrew

In keeping with The Karate Kid and “everything is Kung Fu” theme, here’s a gem from the original, the “Rowboat Scene”, which represents the “everything is Karate” theme by way of the “so I don’t have to fight” revelation. You may remember that Daniel is practicing his form, while balancing on the Mr. Miyagi’s boat, eager to learn how to punch. Mr. Miyagi again intercepts Daniel’s eagerness to learn how to punch with a reply found in bushido, the samurai... Read more

Deep Scene Breakdown

2022-03-28T20:43:01-05:00

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Deep Song Breakdown, “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve

Last updated on: March 28, 2022 at 8:43 pm By Andrew

Life; a bittersweet symphony – this song had to make the deep song breakdown. No punches pulled, right into the dilemma we go: ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life Tryna make ends meet, you’re a slave to money then you die This is not just existential assertion, but a very real biography about lead singer and song writer Richard Ashcroft’s father who worked a job as an office clerk and died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage when Richard was eleven.... Read more

Deep Song Breakdown

2022-03-11T14:03:53-05:00

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Deep Song Breakdown, “Come Undone” by Duran Duran

Last updated on: March 11, 2022 at 2:03 pm By Andrew

How do you follow the genius of Ordinary World? Another soul-calling mic drop from Duran Duran; enter “Come Undone”, another epoch with a profoundly deep message. Let’s jump right into the song opening: Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin I’ve been waiting for you Signed with a home tattoo “Happy birthday to you” was created for you Immaculate dream, breath, skin, waiting for you, happy birthday created for you… incredibly deep lyrically. So haunting and deep that it’s made... Read more

Deep Song Breakdown

2022-02-24T17:25:56-05:00

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Daniele Bolelli on Philosophy, Martial Arts, and Some Big Ideas

Last updated on: February 24, 2022 at 5:25 pm By Andrew

Episode 9 is here! This episode features a conversation with Daniele Bolelli. Daniele is a writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He was born in Italy and currently lives in Los Angeles. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Anthropology and earning graduate degrees in American Indian Studies and History at UCLA and Cal State Long Beach, he began teaching at several colleges in Southern California. He’s lectured on a wide range of subjects including American Indian history... Read more

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2022-02-11T15:06:44-05:00

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Deep Scene Breakdown, “Everything is Kung Fu”

Last updated on: February 11, 2022 at 3:06 pm By Andrew

It’s a beautiful scene and incredibly deep. I truly enjoyed the remake of the original 1984 The Karate Kid – and this scene in particular. In The Karate Kid (2010), the art is now Kung Fu and the figure of Mr. Miyagi is now Mr. Han, played by Jackie Chan. The original figure of Daniel is now Dre, played by Jaden Smith. In both movies, Daniel and Dre are growing impatient in their “training”. They are both given remedial tasks (“sand the... Read more

Deep Scene Breakdown

2022-01-27T18:07:02-05:00

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Bruce Lee, Evolution, and Being Water

Last updated on: January 27, 2022 at 6:07 pm By Andrew

Bruce Lee was considered by many in the Kung Fu tradition to be a heretic. In breaking from a commitment to a singular tradition, he formed Jeet Kune Do not as a new style, but a general epistemology to be open-minded to what works. Openness to all styles was a big no-no. Martial arts traditions, like religious traditions, have a history of promoting THE way (which was exclusively their way of course). It would turn out Lee was not a... Read more

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2022-01-17T17:51:47-05:00

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MLK Junior’s Antidotes to Hate and Tribalism

Last updated on: January 17, 2022 at 5:51 pm By Andrew

In my lifetime (I’m 40 at the time of this writing), I’ve never seen such divisive times. Perhaps its just more visible than ever with social media. To be fair, there have certainly been periods of tension in my memory, but there is a unique spirt that worries me; one of tribalism and hatred – an alarming “us vs them” sentiment. I’ve always been inspired by what I believe to be the cure found in John 1:5; that “the light shines in... Read more

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2022-01-09T20:06:38-05:00

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Soapbox Faith: Bushido Without Scientia

Last updated on: January 9, 2022 at 8:06 pm By Andrew

It could only be by faith, at least our leap of faith on that fateful day. That, and a bushido samurai spirit of being willing to die. In all fairness, in our situation, it was most likely just severe injury. But winning, losing, death (or severe injury) was not the concern. Like the samurai, our honor was at stake. From top to bottom, the street was around a 45-60 degree decline feeding into a nice cul-de-sac landing zone, about 200... Read more

Musings

2021-12-22T21:21:19-05:00

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Mandela’s Stoic Wisdom on Losing as Learning

Last updated on: December 22, 2021 at 9:21 pm By Andrew

Twenty-seven years imprisoned; then to go on what he accomplished, Nelson Mandela has inspired countless individuals with his legacy. There was a quote I started using some time ago; I’m not surprised all surprised it came from his mouth: “I never lose. I either win or learn.” I wrote earlier how Mandela would reflect on prose of the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley, later portrayed in the film. Latin for “unconquered”, those famous last two sentences are hard to be... Read more

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2021-12-12T14:30:17-05:00

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Deep Song Breakdown, Whatever It Takes

Last updated on: December 12, 2021 at 2:30 pm By Andrew

The song is not just inspirational, but incredibly deep. If you’re not paying close attention, you could actually miss how deep it is. Further, it builds on my last Deep Song Breakdown, Metallica’s “Unforgiven”. In “Whatever it Takes”, Imagine Dragons decide to do whatever it takes to not be deemed “unforgiven”. Words like “whatever it takes” and “I was born to run, I was born for this”, you can definitely tell by both the title of the song and many of... Read more

Deep Song Breakdown

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