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Youtube Video of the Week – Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willink

War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting talk, Jocko Willink explains from personal experience how war teaches you the most when things go wrong. Jocko asserts that when a team takes ownership of its problems, the problems get solved.

JOCKO WILLINK is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, host of the top-rated Jocko Podcast, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. Jocko spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer.

As commander of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War. Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams.

 

Youtube Video of the Week – The 72 Hour Rule

In today’s ASP Extra lesson, Former US Naval officer Pastor John Correia talks about the 72 Hour Rule and why he follows it in all mass murders.

Following the 72 Hour Rule of commentary and criticism and decision-making gives us time to grieve, time to respect those mourning, time to gather accurate and full information, and time to process those into coherence rather than emotion.

 

RSA Video of the Week – Changing Education Paradigms – Sir Ken Robinson

An excellent examination of how we process and dull intelligence in children, this is an incredibly interesting argument.

This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.

 

 

Youtube Video of the Week – Trans Gender Wars

I guess this falls into the category of micro identity politics where violence is now the new tool of choice. This kind of behaviour will be discussed in Political Violence and the Hive Mentality.

Every Sunday since 1866 a range of different speakers gather at Speaker’s Corner to air their views and the tradition continues today. Many famous figures have spoken at Speaker’s Corner including Karl Marx, Lenin, William Morris, George Orwell and Lord Soper.

Tolerance of the views of others and a respect for freedom of speech are the cornerstones of British democracy or not if you are a gender fascist full of ate and intolerance.
The transgender issue is sensitive in Britain today especially for these narrowly focused virtue signalling groups, sparking passionate debate that passion has erupted into the sort of outright violence normally associated with football hooligans.

Two factions – the Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (or so-called TERFs) and their bitter enemies Trans Activists – clashed in an unseemly bust-up that ended with a 60-year-old woman being bundled to the ground and punched in the face. The incident was caught on video and is now being investigated by the police.Mother-of-two Maria MacLachlan, who describes herself as a ‘gender critical feminist’, was attacked at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park at about 7pm on Wednesday.

She had joined around 50 fellow TERFs who were to be given details of the secret location for a talk entitled What Is Gender? The Gender Recognition Act And Beyond.TERFs are feminists who are opposed to some campaigning by transgender women.The event was originally scheduled to be held at a community centre in New Cross, South-East London, but was switched following online warnings of a protest from Trans Activists.Among the groups threatening to protest were the LGBTQ+ Society from Goldsmiths University, an organisation called Sisters Uncut, and Action For Trans Health London. Ms MacLachlan told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I was chatting to one of the speakers, Miranda Yardley, and people started to come who looked different to the rest of us. There was quite a generation thing.‘These studenty-looking types were turning up and some arguments started to take place but I kept well out of it.’

Ms Yardley is a prominent transgender writer and was guest speaker at the event along with Dr Julia Long, who describes herself as a ‘lesbian feminist and defender of women-only spaces’. Ms MacLachlan said: ‘Julia said she was going to sing a song she had written. She took a megaphone and as soon as she put it to her lips, these kids started shouting, “When the TERFs attack, we fight back.”‘I thought, “I can film this, it will be interesting.”

They were getting louder and louder. Then suddenly someone tried to grab my camera. It was scary. Someone kept trying to get my camera. I think it was a girl, but I couldn’t tell because they had a hoodie over their eyes.’Footage of the incident was uploaded to YouTube the day after the alleged attack, and it has since been viewed tens of thousands of times.In a statement to police, Ms MacLachlan later identified a trans-woman who is currently trying to raise £5,000 for vocal-cord surgery to make her voice higher, as one of her attackers.

Her Lumix camera was smashed and the memory card stolen. She also sustained a nasty bruise on her face, red marks on her neck and grazed knees. She added: ‘I didn’t go to hospital but it has really shaken me up.’Several feminists called 999 and three cars containing six officers arrived on the scene, but no arrests were made.Notes were passed among the feminists letting them know the secret venue was the University Women’s Club in Mayfair.

They left in small groups hoping not to be followed but were tracked down by the activists. Another feminist, Jen Izaakson, said tension remained high at the venue. She added: ‘The staff had to form a human chain to let our people in and keep protesters out.’Because students from Goldsmiths had been so vocal in opposing the original meeting, the feminists believe they formed a section of the protesters.

A spokesman for the university said: ‘Goldsmiths prides itself on its diverse and inclusive community. We uphold the right to peaceful protest but cannot condone violence.’Action for Trans Health London issued a statement saying: ‘We condemn violence against women in all forms. We’re proud that many self-organising activists, allies and supporters stood against hatred, misogyny and intimidation.’A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed an investigation was ongoing and video evidence would form part of their inquiries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UDmJsbRmqU

Youtube Video of the Month – Martial Arts Ukemi, Break Falling on Concrete

Learning how to safely fall (one interpretation of the Japanese word “ukemi”) — not just on the dojo mat, but on the street, literally on pavement if necessary — is a valuable life skill, not just a martial arts, parkour or free running skill; and it’s more than doing “tricking” or stunts.

This video provides a whimsical yet serious overview of what it takes to undertake this aspect of practical, reality-based training. If you’re new to the concept of controlled falling, especially if you’re considering the value of learning such skills, do NOT watch this video and assume you can safely mimic the techniques: whether on a mat or on concrete, you may and likely will hurt yourself. Find a quality source of training! Several martial arts, such as jujutsu, aikido, judo, hapkido and ninjutsu, heavily emphasize this and other aspects of ukemi. Others, such as certain traditional schools of karate, typically introduce ukemi to seasoned students.

It doesn’t take long for a dedicated student to adequately learn the basic rolls and falls. Some become comfortable in a few days, some as long as a few months. Developing those skills to the point they’re serviceable outside the dojo may take years — and the reality is most students will never feel at ease going airborne and landing on concrete.

The good news is that there are many cases in which injuries were minimized or avoided when martial artists — even novices — utilized ukemi on a street, sidewalk or other unforgiving surface. Keep in mind, however, that most martial arts systems and schools do not require students to demonstrate ukemi proficiency outside of the dojo.

The choice to develop such skills to that level, and bearing the risks of injury in doing so, are largely the burden of each student.

Youtube Video of the Week – Jordan Peterson on Nazism and Communism

After a week of more conflict it is interesting to reflect on what Nazism and Communism actually did, the millions killed, the misery and pain inflicted on billions.

Jordan Peterson describes his motivation to fight back against all forms of totalitarianism, this is for my friends in America in particular, if you want the whole book ‘Maps of Meaning’ is available from the link below.

Stay safe people, lose your strings, don’t lie to yourself and think freely.

Regards, Garry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXXG_sOjPDk

https://joeclark.org/peterson/peterson_mapsofmeaning-en.pdf

Youtube Video of the Week – Noah Yuval Harari

Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth; we’ve spread to every continent, and our actions determine the fate of other animals (and possibly Earth itself). How did we get from there to here? Historian Yuval Noah Harari suggests a surprising reason for the rise of humanity.