Mar 30, 2020Member-onlyMath and Martial Arts: Fear ItselfA classic rookie mistake in aikido is trying to avoid the blow that’s coming for your head. I don’t mean that you have to just stay still and offer your head to be hit, this clearly doesn’t make a lot of sense. However, we all have natural instincts to “fight…Math Anxiety4 min readMath Anxiety4 min read
Jan 6, 2020Member-onlyMath and Martial Arts: Kata and WazaGrowing up in Russia as a stereotypical intelligentsia child, I had a whole shelf of popular math books, including translations of Martin Gardner, Lewis Carroll, and Raymond Smullyan. I was effortlessly good in math throughout school, and in my first advanced math class in high school I had an amazing…Martial Arts4 min readMartial Arts4 min read