Channel: Stephan Kesting

Category: Sports

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Description: In Episode 350 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I rant about why I don't like them calling me 'Professor' or 'Sifu' or 'Sensei' or 'Guru' or 'Master' or 'Shihan' or 'Kru' or 'Sabom' Or 'Kwisatz Haderach'... So if we ever meet on the street, at an airport or in a gym please call me 'Stephan'! There's an inherent danger when lofty titles are used to amplify an already reflexive obedience towards the instructor in a martial arts setting, which is often a hierarchical environment with pseudo-spiritual overtones. Remember, everybody poops. Even the supreme grand pooh-bah of your martial art poops. Stephan P.S. My answer to "but professor just means teacher in Portuguese" is at 7:34 in this video P.P.S. Check out my latest instructional, The Omoplata 2.0 at grapplearts.com/omoplata. P.P.S. To catch more rants like this subscribe to my podcast in audio format at the following locations... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/strenuous-life-podcast-stephan-kesting-grapplearts/id320705565?mt=2 Google Podcasts: podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2tlc3RpbmcubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5NTGdrtMZv8JcxpUBcdREx Stitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/stephan-kesting/grapplearts-radio-podcast