Aliveness as a Training Methodology
How many key principles of nonlinear pedagogy and the constraints-led approach are enveloped by the aliveness philosophy in martial arts.
In meditating on Matt Thornton’s 2017 essay, Why Aliveness?, I was smitten with just how much this philosophy is able to encapsulate under one label.
He writes,
Aliveness is about the freedom to use whatever works in the moment. It's the right action at right time.
The first mentions of aliveness in Bruce Lee’s work speak of authenticity and spontaneity in…
