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On overcoming anger

December 22, 2020
kamaurashid
Mindfulness

I was asked recently about how I deal with anger and frustration. This is a good question, as I, like perhaps every other person, have found myself having to manage such feelings. In my teenage years, I realized that anger

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2009 interview in Shiai Magazine on the African fighting arts, Kawaida theory, survival training, and community transformation

May 30, 2018
kamaurashid
Martial arts

Shiai Magazine: Who is actually Kamau Rashid? Talk about your life and martial arts experiences? Kamau Rashid: Well I’m originally from the South Side of Chicago. Growing up in Chicago in the 80s and 90s left an indelible mark on me.

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African spirituality and the warrior tradition

July 31, 2015
kamaurashid
Culture, Martial arts

After both participating in and observing a dialogue about spirituality and the martial arts, I was compelled to reflect upon the ethical and conceptual modalities informed by African cultural systems, and the ways in which these inform processes of social

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Duplicity in the opportunistic embrace of Black motherhood

April 30, 2015
kamaurashid
Uhuru

As if America has ever had any regard for Black folks or Black mothers. The subtext of this is that the current Baltimore rebellion and protests are devoid of legitimacy, and that the participants are unruly thugs bereft of sound

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