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• October 11, 2021Episode

  13: Leadership and Management

  “The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it […]

• October 3, 2021Episode

  12: The Cerebellum

  “Although the cerebellum has many functions, it is primarily associated with movement. Specifically it seems to be involved with facilitating movement by detecting errors that occur in the course of […]

• September 27, 2021Episode

  11: Timing is Everything

  “Were you rushing or were you dragging?” Terence Fletcher, as performed by J.K. Simmons. Musings on timing in karate and how it applies to quidditch, especially the beater position. The […]

• September 19, 2021Episode

  10: Small Practices

  “I’ve discovered along the way that happiness — you live in two worlds here. Happiness is pleasure, and happiness is joy. Pleasure is short-lived; joy doesn’t go as high as […]

• September 13, 2021Episode

  09: Seeking and Snitching

  “In free sparring, we learn to employ the principle of maximum effiency, even when we could easily overpower our opponent.” Kano Jigoro, founder of Judo. In order to practice something […]

• September 5, 2021Episode

  08: Personnel Maximization

  “Do nothing that is of no use.” Miyamoto Musashi, performed by Calm Motivation. Novice quidditch players often struggle to take in the whole field and maximize their options, and unfortunately […]

• August 30, 2021Episode

  07: Recruitment

  “It takes guts to be a first follower. You stand out, you brave ridicule yourself. Being a first follow is an underappreciated form of leadership. The first follower transforms a […]

• August 22, 2021Episode

  06: The Tragedy of the Commons

  “In any case, were I to invoke logic, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”Spock, performed by Leonard Nimoy Quidditch is a […]

• August 16, 2021Episode

  05: Bludger Control

  “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”Sun Tzu, performed by Calm Motivation. The martial arts and […]

• August 8, 2021Episode

  04: Focus on the Center

  “The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they’ll be useful at any time and to teach them in such a way that they’ll […]