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...have devised to do great bodily harm to one another. That gives Redbelt an original edge that somewhat separates it from the boxing genre. This advantage is greatly enhanced by its protagonist, Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is excellent in the role). Mike is a black belt jiu-jitsu instructor, running a none-too-successful school in South Central Los Angeles, yet refusing to fight for the money that would lift him out of poverty. He holds to the ancient Samurai Code, which insists that competition is crass, a dishonor to the purity of the "art" that he practices...
...dojo of the United States Aikido Federation, is now in its 28th year. The club has attracted a close-knit group of undergraduates through its free classes, open to the entire undergraduate community. These events provide personal training from professionals like Sioux Hall, Harvard Aikikai’s Chief Instructor, who has been teaching Aikido across North America for more than 20 years. Though the instructors practice advanced techniques, Harvard Aikikai’s weekday classes at the MAC and Quad gyms are open to all skill levels. As a freshman, Harvard Aikikai President...
...after her freshman year, Kargman worked with the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, a group founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy. After learning their technique of Practical Aesthetics, Kargman petitioned to create a Harvard course on the subject taught by expert Practical Aesthetics technician and ART instructor Scott Zigler. The course began this fall, after two years of work from Kargman.The summer after her sophomore year, Kargman participated in the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival, where she discovered and, for the first time, performed a reading of the work “Manuscript.” Kargman loved...
Remember to touch a personal chord," the instructor tells the class. "Make the other person feel important." Thus advised, the first graduating class of Bangalore's new Dale Carnegie Training center splits into pairs, each earnestly practicing a routine the students have spent four months learning. "Hi, my name is Gautam," I'm told while my hand gets a vigorous shake. Dazzled by the bright smile and seemingly effortless eye contact, I barely manage to mumble my own name before my companion moves briskly along and I find myself being asked what I do for a living. All around...
...develop personal leadership and interpersonal and communication skills among graduates," says Pallavi Jha, chair of Dale Carnegie Training's Indian partner, Walchand PeopleFirst Ltd. A large part of the coursework is overcoming cultural differences. "The handshake, if you are a woman, is tricky," says Neetika Verma, a Dale Carnegie instructor. "We tell our female students, 'If a man doesn't reach out to shake your hand, take the first step and shake his hand. Show confidence.'" Other tips include learning to address everyone by first name and networking over lunch and dinner...