Martial Art of Self Podcast
Hi everyone, I am Aldin, and this is the Martial Art of Self podcast, a Martial Arts podcast focusing on self-awareness and self-development..
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by martial arts. The training and philosophy has helped me through difficult times, and I’ve had this inner itch to explore what more there is to it that can enrich all aspects of my life.
In this show, we explore how we can bring the principles, philosophies, and strengths of martial arts into our daily life.
We focus on transforming our martial arts journey into more than just an external discipline. Self-understanding, self-awareness, self-change, and self-creation are the themes we aim at.
We go beyond the martial application and straight into the heart of ourselves: How can we bring martial arts back to self?
Welcome to the Martial Art of Self podcast – this is my personal recorded Martial Arts self-awareness journey where I focus on bringing the essence of Martial Arts back to Self.
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Episodes
Episode 18: Martial Arts As a Process To Self-Understanding
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we are looking at martial arts as a path to self-understanding. Here I share a story of how I used to see martial arts in my life. I was obsessed with perfection and wanting to excel for the wrong reasons....
Episode 17: Doing Martial Arts Out of Fear
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we discuss the transformation of our motivation for doing our martial arts so that it is no longer rooted in fear. When we do something, like our training, out of fear, and we practice individual skills out of a fear-based...
Show Trailer: This is Martial Art of Self
Hi everyone, I am Aldin, and this is the Martial Art of Self podcast. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by martial arts. The training and philosophy has helped me through difficult times, and I’ve had this inner itch to explore what more there is to...
Episode 16: Being Militant & Lacking Flexibility to Adapt
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we discuss a pattern of being too militant in our training, or life in general. For me, I discovered how this militant approach towards my martial arts training, as well as to other parts of my life often lead me...
Episode 15: Chasing Positive Feelings
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we continue exploring some further dimensions of the Martial Arts personality. In particular, we open up and discuss the pattern of chasing positive feelings through our art, or whatever it is we are doing. More often than not we are...
Episode 14: Body-Respect & Body-Care
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we look at some dimensions of body-respect and body-care. It is time to look at respecting the body during exercising. It has become mainstream to drive our bodies to the limit in an unnatural, and harmful pace, and way. Unfortunately,...
Episode 13: Identify & Remove Self-Limitations
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we discuss self-limitations. We talk about ways we limit ourselves by imposing certain thoughts, feelings, and emotions onto who we are, and the things we do. Once we accept a belief as truth inside ourselves, it becomes a conviction in...
Episode 12: The Martial Arts Personality – Part 1
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we discuss the Martial Arts Personality. Often we create a personality or virtual entity around the things we do, be it sports, painting, career, education, or martial arts. This suit or mask is mostly limiting. We often lose interest or...
Episode 11: What Is Real Training?
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self podcast, we discuss the concept and action of training. We ask the question of what real training is. Is training only limited and applicable to martial arts, fitness, sports and other applications that exercise the body and mind in superficial...
Episode 10: Self-Awareness As A Martial Artist
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self podcast, we look at self-awareness as a Martial Artist. What is self-awareness, how and where does it apply? Self-Awareness isn’t a magical potion that is going to make you great and transcendental all of a sudden. It is rather challenging,...
Episode 9: When Things Get Progressively Tougher And More Challenging
Why Martial Arts Training Gets Tougher Over Time, What It Means And How It Is Nothing Bad In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we explore the unique and contradictory theme of things getting progressively more challenging in our martial arts training instead of easier. This theme...
Episode 8: What Does It Mean To Be Tough?
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we take an honest and deep look into the word and concept of toughness. We ask ourselves what it means to be really tough? Is toughness only limited to physical abilities, skills, and form? Maybe there is more to being...
Episode 7: Fun In Martial Arts
Is Fun The Most Important Part To Our Martial Arts Training Or Is There Something Exceedingly More Powerful To Consider Here? In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we look at the word ‘fun’ and our relationship to fun when it comes to martial arts for example....
Episode 6: High & Low Training Frequency
The Importance Of Training When We Feel Motivated And Not In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we discuss both the times where we feel more and less in alignment with our goals, motivation and starting point that we initially had for something in our life, such...
Episode 5: Training Alone V.S. Training In A Group
The Benefits Of Making Some Time to Train Alone In Martial Arts V.S. Training Martial Arts In a Group Only This episode of the Martial Art of Self sheds light on the importance of being and working out alone. It is important to build a balance between working on...
Episode 4: What Are You Committed To And Invested Into?
In this episode of Martial Art of Self, we discuss personal commitment and investment for self. I share my observations on when I started questioning my purpose with martial arts when I kept doing the same exercises over and over. I could not figure out why I was doing...
Episode 3: What Is Your Relationship To Martial Arts? – Part 2
In this episode of the Martial Art of Self, we continue with the question “What is my relationship to martial arts?” We dive into the self-inquiry process and how one must make an active choice to challenge one’s own current understanding and views of martial arts. There is no...
Episode 2: What Is Your Relationship To Martial Arts? – Part 1
In this episode of Martial Art of Self, we explore the question: ‘’What is my relationship to martial arts?’’ Working with your own personal definition of martial arts can assist in understanding how you interpret this art form and whether it supports you completely or not. I find to...
Episode 1: Exercise, Willpower & Self-Principle
In the very first episode of the Martial Art of Self podcast, I share my personal insights and realizations when it comes to exercise, willpower, self-principle and laziness to exercising. We explore the following questions: Is it possible to push through the laziness to exercising, as well as the...
Episode 19: Why It Is so Difficult to Change
When we think about all the things we need or want to change, it can become daunting. But often we make it more difficult to change than it has to be. In this episode of the Martial Art of Self podcast, we talk about the things that can stand...