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		<title>Brian Lam Talks Martial Arts on BoingBoing</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2010/06/11/brian-lam-talks-martial-arts-on-boingboing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Lam, the proprieter and editorial director of the gadget blog Gizmodo has a great article up on BoingBoing about martial arts. If you didn&#8217;t know, Brian used to train and teach at Fairtex in San Francisco before blowing up in the gadget blog world. The article discusses Brian&#8217;s experience training there, the therapeutic qualities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amateur MMA Fighter Has Very Very Bad Mushroom Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2010/06/01/amateur-mma-fighter-has-very-very-bad-mushroom-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[26 year-old MMA fighter Jarrod Wyatt (1-0-0 under Jared Wyatt) murdered his training partner Adam Powell, cut his heart out and cooked it while under the influence of mushrooms. Cops found him naked and covered in Adam&#8217;s blood. From New York Daily News: Del Norte County Police Sgt. Elwood Lee, who responded to the incident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brucelee.com Launches</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2009/07/23/brucelee-com-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brucelee.com has launched, and features some great media about the life and philosophy of the late Bruce Lee. For me growing up, I idolized him for his physical ability and philosophy. He was pretty much who I wanted to be when I grew up. The person behind the site appears to be his daughter Shannon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom and Feats of Bruce Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2009/07/03/the-wisdom-and-feats-of-bruce-lee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sources of Insight has done a comprehensive article on the philosophies and achievements of Bruce Lee. Some of the lessons that shine through: &#8220;Expose yourself to various conditions and learn.&#8221; &#8220;To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.&#8221; &#8220;To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Do What We Do</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2009/03/05/why-we-do-what-we-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2009/03/05/why-we-do-what-we-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s Son Duong has produced a documentary called &#8220;The Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle&#8221;. It&#8217;s an incredibly well-produced piece that speaks to the sort of life commitment and enjoyment jiu-jitsu practitioners get from training. The film is a slice of life view of BJJ students and teachers in Virginia and their journeys in jiu-jitsu. Watch it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muay Thai Monk = Altruistic Badass</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2008/03/17/muay-thai-monk-altruistic-badass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2008/03/17/muay-thai-monk-altruistic-badass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is like something out of a cheesy Hong Kong kung fu flick. Phra Kru Ba Neua Chai is a former Muay Thai champ with three losses in a 15-year career. Now he&#8217;s become an ordained monk who takes in abandoned children. He teaches them reading, writing, buddhist precepts, and Muay Thai out of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balls Deep in MMA</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/11/28/balls-deep-in-mma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VBS is the video broadcasting arm of Vice Magazine, one of my favorite publications. They&#8217;re known for their fearless assault on dicey content and a no-holds-barred-keep-it-real journalism style. They&#8217;re doing a show called Balls Deep in which they throw their waify host Thomas &#8220;Baby Balls&#8221; Morton into foreign experiences to get a personal dose of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Year Old MMA Prodigy</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/08/31/8-year-old-mma-prodigy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/08/31/8-year-old-mma-prodigy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Move over, BJ Penn, here comes Nainoa Dung. 8 years old and weighing in at probably about 60lbs, Nainoa fights out of Wahiawa, HI. Man, if I could do this when I was in second grade I&#8217;m sure the other kids would&#8217;ve been a lot nicer to me. I bet none of the kids mess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality MMA Media</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/14/quality-mma-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/14/quality-mma-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 23:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you hadn&#8217;t already noticed, my header image now credits photographer Dave Niddrie for the image. Special thanks to Dave for agreeing to let me use the photo. The image is part of a great photoset on Flickr of an MMA event up in Vancouver. The rest of his Flickr collections are equally stunning, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open-Source Fighting</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/07/open-source-fighting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/07/open-source-fighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 01:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s already been up for a few months now, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. BJ Penn is posting daily video of his classes on his website in what essentially amounts to free instruction from one of the best fighters in the world. Granted it&#8217;s difficult to learn without doing, but for those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Game</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/01/26/mental-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/01/26/mental-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has gone through sports competition will agree that when physically all things are equal, the deciding factor that brings a dubya is mental. I&#8217;ve been reading a book called Competitive Fire by Michael Clarkson. In it, Clarkson shares his research on the mental/physical connection that elite athletes have mastered. He talks about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Minutes Gets it (On)</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/12/13/60-minutes-gets-it-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/12/13/60-minutes-gets-it-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[60 Minutes did a special on MMA on Sunday. Among their sources were the UFC, Dana White, Pat Miletich, and Renzo Gracie. I thought they did an outstanding job doing fair coverage of the sport. I had expected the normal mainstream approach of focusing largely on the violent and bloody aspect of the sport rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ground Broken for Bruce Lee Theme Park</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/11/30/ground-broken-for-bruce-lee-theme-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/11/30/ground-broken-for-bruce-lee-theme-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG Nov 27, 2006 (AP)— A theme park with a statue and memorial hall will be built at Bruce Lee&#8217;s southern Chinese ancestral home of Shunde, the president of his fan club said Monday. Here&#8217;s the rest of the article. I have no idea where Shunde is, but now I&#8217;d like to check it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anatomy of Fear</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/09/19/the-anatomy-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/09/19/the-anatomy-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbled across this writeup called &#8220;The Anatomy of Fear and How it Relates to Survival Skills Training&#8221;. It&#8217;s an in-depth look at the physiological responses to high-stress situations. I&#8217;m thinking that some of this information may prove useful in competition situations where stress may trigger Survival Stress Reaction (SSR) and affect physical performance. The author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic&#8217;s Fight Science</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/08/15/national-geographics-fight-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/08/15/national-geographics-fight-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic is producing a documentary called Fight Science where hand picked martial arts experts team up with a group of science&#8217;s brightest. Using high-tech equipment, the show will reveal the inner workings of the human body and how it is able to accomplish seemingly impossible feats. National Geographic Fight Science homepage It strikes four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Diversity, L.A., and Clobbering our Way to World Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/03/27/on-diversity-la-and-clobbering-our-way-to-world-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2006/03/27/on-diversity-la-and-clobbering-our-way-to-world-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>themonkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any of you people watch Crash? Just watched it this afternoon. It deals with race issues in Los Angeles, among other things. While watching, I got to thinking about Jiu-Jitsu (weird) and how diverse the members of our academy are—and not just our academy either&#8230; pretty much every one I&#8217;ve been to. I guess I [...]]]></description>
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