Matt Abrahams

It's not the same thing.

It changes.

It's multiple levels and ways of uncovering.

So I think it's great.

I think everybody should have some physical activity they do that helps them in whatever professional activity or their personal lives.

You can learn so much about yourself and how to connect with others.

My running is my meditation.

I really, when I run, I might listen to something, but I really meditate.

I find I'm very creative as a result of it, and when I don't do it, I miss it.

One area that I like about the martial arts, at least in the styles I've trained in,

They vary in terms of their activity.

So some of the stuff is completely spontaneous.

You're sparring.

It's spontaneous.

There's some rules, but you're sparring.

And in the style I train, there are things called katas or forms where essentially a prearranged dance of moves.

Longer, everything is scripted.

And then in my style, we do these things called self-defense techniques where you practice certain moves to get out of situations.

Each of those is training you a different way of thinking and being, just like there are different ways of thinking and being in communication.

Sometimes it's completely spontaneous.