Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Meeting Someone From a Dating App Safely: A Practical Checklist
A concrete pre-date checklist covering meeting locations, information sharing, and exit plans for anyone meeting someone from an app for the first time.
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From Student to Coach: What It Takes to Start Teaching Women’s Self-Defense
What separates a competent student from someone ready to teach, including certification paths, liability basics, and common early mistakes.
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Self-Defense Considerations for Women with Limited Mobility
How self-defense principles adapt for wheelchair users, cane users, and anyone with reduced mobility, and where standard advice falls short.
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Facing Multiple Attackers: Why the Rules Change
Why one-on-one techniques break down against two or more attackers, and what actually changes about positioning, targets, and goals.
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Defending Against a Knife: What Realistically Works and What Doesn’t
Why most knife-defense drills overpromise, what actually reduces injury risk, and why running beats every technique on the list.
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What the Law Actually Says About Self-Defense: Understanding Reasonable Force
A plain-English look at reasonable force, duty to retreat, and why the legal bar is higher than most self-defense classes let on.
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Fitting Gloves, Mouthguards, and Headgear So They Actually Protect You
Why poorly fitted protective gear fails to protect even when the gear itself is good quality, and how to check fit for common sparring equipment.
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What Judges Are Actually Scoring: A Beginner’s Guide to Combat Sports Judging
How judges actually score boxing, MMA, and grappling matches, and why a fight that looks close from the crowd often has a clear winner on the cards.
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Tapping Early: Why Submitting Fast in Training Is a Skill, Not a Weakness
Why tapping out early in grappling training protects long-term progress, and how gym culture shapes whether students actually do it.
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Building a Home Self-Defense Practice When You Cannot Get to a Gym
How to build a genuinely useful solo self-defense practice at home, what solo drilling can and cannot replace, and how to structure sessions.
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