Which concept are you most interested in understanding deeply?

For all of my time training my goal was to stretch after class and cool down efficiently. But that’s boring and people want to hang out and share stories and try other moves after training and that’s way more fun. Then later when I got home I’d be stiff make dad noises when I moved. This week, if you aren’t already, take at least 5 min after hard training to gently stretch and move to cool down and help your body relax. Try not to get distracted. Tell people to give you a few minutes. If they leave and you don’t get to hear the story, catch the next one. Tune into your body and feel what needs attention. Maybe you just need to sit and breathe. But connect to your body and find stillness because training amps you up and we have to be able to turn it off and relax after.

@Alexis de Bretagne is at the top of the monthly leaderboard. Thank you for your engagement and for helping others in the group. I’d like to make you a special video about something you’re interested in. Lmk. Or you can take a discount on a private lesson, virtual or in person.

How many hours a week are you training? Could be martial arts, exercise, breath work, etc. Tell us in the comments about your training schedule.

When I was competing a lot I spent a couple years learning to lucid dream predictably. There are techniques and practices for this. One of which is keeping a dream journal. I noticed that in a lot of my dreams I would see multiple moons in the night sky. My goal was to realize it’s a dream and start to control the dream so it become a training session. I wanted to get in more training than my opponents and I knew they were all training all day but not all night. I would notice the dream, look down and see my gi, look over and see my partner, and then start training. Unfortunately for me, every time I got control of the dream I would look and see my gi in my hand, drop the gi on the floor, and then take flight. My inner child controlled the dream most often and he just wanted to fly around. Rarely did I ever get any extra training in but it was still a fun experiment. Have you tried any strange or unique ways to get an edge in training?