Hey there, people who've followed me recently! I only know a handful of you (and then mostly from your blogs). If I don't know you, tell me something about yourself! How did you find me? What sorts of things do you care about? *cough* uhh, watcha following me for?
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Right! You know the Rickson Gracie documentary covering his Vale Tudo (precursor to MMA) tournaments in Japan? It’s called ‘Choke.’ Although it’s a personal portrait, it’s also about systems forming people (& RG being, in some sense meta, or product of a mélange).
Yes! I love Choke. And yes you're right, it's a good portrait of the reflexive relationship between individuals and systems. One face of this is that RG is shaped by BJJ & yoga (and so on), which in turn has had a massive influence on the psycho-physical culture of MMA & BJJ.
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Yes, I think that docu brings out the symbiotic individual - systems dynamic very well. He exemplifies the sensitivity & humility that comes from living and mastering a system. Also, he is sooo playful!
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