Martial arts philosopher. Fight analyst. 40 years studying stillness in the loudest places on earth. The Quiet River. For the artist of life.
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Joined January 2010
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Bare fists. Bare chests. Bare truths.
This is not violence.
It is honesty—expressed in impact.
@bkb_official1 @bkbbareknuckle
#boxing #bareknuckleboxing #martialarts #fightphilosophy
Every "they made me…” is a set of keys, handed to a stranger.
Freedom is taking them back.
robinblackmartialarts.substa…
There is a part of us that is only alive when it is making something for someone else to feel.
NEW ARTICLE:
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Extreme violence on the pickleball court?
Really? #BINK
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An unmanaged mind is like a loaded thing left on the table.
Rage feels like power, but it is the opposite. It is weakness.
He will say it was the other guy, but it is never the other guy.
Every reaction is simply a confession of our own fears.
Mastery of others feels like strength, but mastery of ourself, now that is where the true power lies.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends
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At The Quiet River, we train mastery of ourselves.
skool.com/robinblack
#Pickleball #PickleballPhilosophy #SelfMastery #MartialArts
A hero, a villain, and a reckoning. #BINK
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Two bodies telling the oldest poem we have.
No words. Weight, timing, and the moment one of them decides.
We call it choreography.
It is a sermon. One man falls. One man rises. Everyone watching becomes a little more than they were.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends
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If you know who made this, tell me. I would love to credit them and collab.
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I built a course on ancient martial philosophies to help you find calm in a frantic world.
skool.com/robinblack
#FightChoreography #MartialArts #Storytelling #Humanity
Robin Black retweeted
The UFC going from “we give our champions a belt”
to
“We only lend you a belt you must return on demand at your expense”
is quite the corporate arc.
Humans x AI.
Every wave that ever came in carried something ugly on its back.
We are the animal that gets flung and comes up laughing.
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Humans x The AI Wave. #BINK
Not every wave was built by a machine.
And no. This is not AI.
Some waves really are just the ocean, doing what the ocean does.
Waves crash. Humans go flying.
The sea doesn't mean it.
It's just the sea.
We have been flung by bigger waves than AI.
And we've always landed in the water, and called it home.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends
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The Quiet River is where we train to land in the water.
skool.com/robinblack
#AI #Humanity #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Flow
Hubris x Bull? #BINK
Some humans simply believe disaster will happen to somebody else.
The horn does not need our belief to gore us.
Consequences are agnostic.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#RiskAssessment #Courage #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Consequences
Behold.
The Ultimate Running Championship. #BINK
Cold.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we train the cold.
skool.com/robinblack
#Running #Cold #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Discipline
Every champion you admire was terrified on the walk in.
They walked anyway, afraid and moving.
That is the entire secret. #BINK
From Five Lessons on Fear. The full episode is on my YouTube channel now.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we train afraid and moving.
skool.com/robinblack
#Fear #Courage #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Champion
Be Sensational x Rock Out Hard. #BINK
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To attempt the sensational, there must be no hesitation.
No negotiating with ourselves.
Just total, raw commitment.
And when we fail spectacularly, the only move left is to rock out hard, baby.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we practice total commitment.
skool.com/robinblack
#Commitment #Courage #MartialArtsPhilosophy #RockOut
Robin Black retweeted
There is a fear you have never said out loud. #BINK
That is the one that still runs you.
Say it today.
To one person.
Or in the mirror.
What has a name can be faced.
From Five Lessons on Fear. The full episode is on my YouTube channel now.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we face them together.
skool.com/robinblack
#Fear #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Honesty #Courage
There is a fear you have never said out loud. #BINK
That is the one that still runs you.
Say it today.
To one person.
Or in the mirror.
What has a name can be faced.
From Five Lessons on Fear. The full episode is on my YouTube channel now.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we face them together.
skool.com/robinblack
#Fear #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Honesty #Courage
What stands in the way becomes the way. #BINK
- Marcus Aurelius
But this was definitely not the way.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we practice finding the way.
skool.com/robinblack
#MarcusAurelius #Stoicism #MartialArtsPhilosophy #TheWay
Robin Black retweeted
What are some topics you want to see covered in Season 3 of Dark Side Of The Cage @robinblackmma
Here’s what I would like to see
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5
Ken Shamrock
BJ Penn
Tank Abbott
Josh Grispi
IFL
Charles Krazy Horse Bennett
Anthony Johnson
Bowling x #BINK
Who said "You miss 100% of the shots you do not take"?
Let me know in the comments.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#Bowling #Gretzky #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Humor
"Hey kids watch how high mommy can jump."
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Since Icarus, we humans have dreamt of flight. #BINK
Dreams are easy.
Execution (boop) - now that can be hard.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is a school of skills for the artist of life.
skool.com/robinblack
#Icarus #Dreams #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Execution
Name the thing you are afraid of right now. #BINK
Now tell me honestly.
Are you afraid of it?
Or are you afraid of your idea of it?
The shadow shrinks when we walk closer.
From Five Lessons on Fear. The full episode is on my YouTube channel now.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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The Quiet River is where we walk closer, together.
skool.com/robinblack
#Fear #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Mindset #Clarity
A human floats alone, surrounded by the limitless power of the universe.
With curiosity, creativity, and ingenuity, we small soft organisms have crossed oceans, split the atom, and left the planet.
The universe never saw us coming.
#BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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My friends, The Quiet River is a school of skills for the artist of life.
Where small soft organisms practice the things that made us dangerous.
skool.com/robinblack
#Curiosity #Creativity #MartialArtsPhilosophy #Humanity
This is what I’m into making on my YouTube channel:
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