Robin Black
@robinblackbink.bsky.social
I am a practicing martial artist.
I study martial arts to learn about life.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
I study martial arts to learn about life.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
Punches Connecting, like Notes in a Chorus.
Truthful strikes are not thrown;
They are simply allowed to arise,
as drumbeats emerge from silence. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#PunchesLikePoetry
#Martialarts #Boxing #Poetry #Musical
Truthful strikes are not thrown;
They are simply allowed to arise,
as drumbeats emerge from silence. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#PunchesLikePoetry
#Martialarts #Boxing #Poetry #Musical
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Punches Connecting, like Notes in a Chorus.
Truthful strikes are not thrown;
They are simply allowed to arise,
as drumbeats emerge from silence. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#PunchesLikePoetry
#Martialarts #Boxing #Poetry #Musical
Truthful strikes are not thrown;
They are simply allowed to arise,
as drumbeats emerge from silence. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#PunchesLikePoetry
#Martialarts #Boxing #Poetry #Musical
We are not the rock.
We are the water.
A short piece on change, impermanence, and the quiet art of becoming.
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We are the water.
A short piece on change, impermanence, and the quiet art of becoming.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
We Simply Swim in the Stream of SpaceTime.
There is no fixed self.
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July 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are not the rock.
We are the water.
A short piece on change, impermanence, and the quiet art of becoming.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
We are the water.
A short piece on change, impermanence, and the quiet art of becoming.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
When was the last time you heard your own thoughts—
before the world told you what to think?
This is a reflection on art, noise, and the forgotten power of inner stillness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
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before the world told you what to think?
This is a reflection on art, noise, and the forgotten power of inner stillness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
🪞The Mirror in the Noise
There is a kind of violence in the pace of modern life.
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June 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When was the last time you heard your own thoughts—
before the world told you what to think?
This is a reflection on art, noise, and the forgotten power of inner stillness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
before the world told you what to think?
This is a reflection on art, noise, and the forgotten power of inner stillness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
I became a father again in my 50s.
I stretch before picking up a car seat.
I whisper negotiations to the baby monitor.
And I feel more alive than ever.
This is a story about diapers, wisdom, and the strange beauty of showing up fully—no matter when life calls:
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I stretch before picking up a car seat.
I whisper negotiations to the baby monitor.
And I feel more alive than ever.
This is a story about diapers, wisdom, and the strange beauty of showing up fully—no matter when life calls:
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Diapers, Deadlifts, and Decades of Wisdom
A seasoned man.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I became a father again in my 50s.
I stretch before picking up a car seat.
I whisper negotiations to the baby monitor.
And I feel more alive than ever.
This is a story about diapers, wisdom, and the strange beauty of showing up fully—no matter when life calls:
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
I stretch before picking up a car seat.
I whisper negotiations to the baby monitor.
And I feel more alive than ever.
This is a story about diapers, wisdom, and the strange beauty of showing up fully—no matter when life calls:
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Sat by the river this morning, thinking about time, noise, and how to truly influence the world.
Not with shouting.
But with stillness, intention, and care.
New Substack: Ripples in the River
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Not with shouting.
But with stillness, intention, and care.
New Substack: Ripples in the River
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Ripples in the River: On Influence, Stillness, and the Shortness of Life
This morning I sat by the water.
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June 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Sat by the river this morning, thinking about time, noise, and how to truly influence the world.
Not with shouting.
But with stillness, intention, and care.
New Substack: Ripples in the River
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Not with shouting.
But with stillness, intention, and care.
New Substack: Ripples in the River
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
When my son is my age, it will be the year 2080.
What kind of world will he live in?
This is a reflection on time, change, fatherhood, and the accelerating unknown.
A love letter to the future—and a quiet question for the present.
🕊️ Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
What kind of world will he live in?
This is a reflection on time, change, fatherhood, and the accelerating unknown.
A love letter to the future—and a quiet question for the present.
🕊️ Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
When My Son Is My Age, It Will Be the Year 2080
(A reflection on time, change, and what we leave behind in the soulstream of the future.)
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June 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
When my son is my age, it will be the year 2080.
What kind of world will he live in?
This is a reflection on time, change, fatherhood, and the accelerating unknown.
A love letter to the future—and a quiet question for the present.
🕊️ Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
What kind of world will he live in?
This is a reflection on time, change, fatherhood, and the accelerating unknown.
A love letter to the future—and a quiet question for the present.
🕊️ Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Swim with it. Float. Surf.
When we stop resisting life’s current, we begin to become it.
A poetic reflection on flow, Tao, and being water.
Read here →
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When we stop resisting life’s current, we begin to become it.
A poetic reflection on flow, Tao, and being water.
Read here →
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
The Unknowable River of SpaceTime
There is a current beneath everything.
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June 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Swim with it. Float. Surf.
When we stop resisting life’s current, we begin to become it.
A poetic reflection on flow, Tao, and being water.
Read here →
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
When we stop resisting life’s current, we begin to become it.
A poetic reflection on flow, Tao, and being water.
Read here →
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
He peed. I paused. And somehow—I saw the universe.
A short, absurd, and strangely beautiful reflection on fatherhood, presence, and perspective.
Read: The Day My Son Peed On Me, and I Saw the Universe
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A short, absurd, and strangely beautiful reflection on fatherhood, presence, and perspective.
Read: The Day My Son Peed On Me, and I Saw the Universe
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The Day My Son Peed On Me, and I Saw the Universe
It came without warning.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
He peed. I paused. And somehow—I saw the universe.
A short, absurd, and strangely beautiful reflection on fatherhood, presence, and perspective.
Read: The Day My Son Peed On Me, and I Saw the Universe
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
A short, absurd, and strangely beautiful reflection on fatherhood, presence, and perspective.
Read: The Day My Son Peed On Me, and I Saw the Universe
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Pocket Wisdom – Week 2: Acceptance of What Is
Seven concise insights drawn from martial philosophy, mindfulness, and the clarity of combat.
Day 1:
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
—Philip K. Dick
Clarity begins the moment you stop resisting what’s true.
Seven concise insights drawn from martial philosophy, mindfulness, and the clarity of combat.
Day 1:
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
—Philip K. Dick
Clarity begins the moment you stop resisting what’s true.
May 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Pocket Wisdom – Week 2: Acceptance of What Is
Seven concise insights drawn from martial philosophy, mindfulness, and the clarity of combat.
Day 1:
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
—Philip K. Dick
Clarity begins the moment you stop resisting what’s true.
Seven concise insights drawn from martial philosophy, mindfulness, and the clarity of combat.
Day 1:
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
—Philip K. Dick
Clarity begins the moment you stop resisting what’s true.
New piece: The Stillness Within the Motion
A reflection on what I’ve learned in my first year exploring Taoist Tai Chi—
the beauty of movement without motive,
of surrender as strength,
of still being a student.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
A reflection on what I’ve learned in my first year exploring Taoist Tai Chi—
the beauty of movement without motive,
of surrender as strength,
of still being a student.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
The Stillness Within The Motion
There comes a time in every martial artist’s life when the hands begin to soften.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New piece: The Stillness Within the Motion
A reflection on what I’ve learned in my first year exploring Taoist Tai Chi—
the beauty of movement without motive,
of surrender as strength,
of still being a student.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
A reflection on what I’ve learned in my first year exploring Taoist Tai Chi—
the beauty of movement without motive,
of surrender as strength,
of still being a student.
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
New Essay: Create it Honestly, Release it Honestly
This one’s about the tension between creating for love and creating for a living—and how letting go of the outcome might be the key to both.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
This one’s about the tension between creating for love and creating for a living—and how letting go of the outcome might be the key to both.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
Create it Honestly, Release it Honestly
Somewhere between starving for art
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May 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New Essay: Create it Honestly, Release it Honestly
This one’s about the tension between creating for love and creating for a living—and how letting go of the outcome might be the key to both.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
This one’s about the tension between creating for love and creating for a living—and how letting go of the outcome might be the key to both.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
The world is changing.
The tools are evolving.
We must become fluent in the language of change.
New essay for paid subscribers:
“The Living Language of Progress”
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The tools are evolving.
We must become fluent in the language of change.
New essay for paid subscribers:
“The Living Language of Progress”
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
The Living Language of Progress
On Technology, Change, and the Tools That Shape Us
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May 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The world is changing.
The tools are evolving.
We must become fluent in the language of change.
New essay for paid subscribers:
“The Living Language of Progress”
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
The tools are evolving.
We must become fluent in the language of change.
New essay for paid subscribers:
“The Living Language of Progress”
open.substack.com/pub/robinbla...
OUCH! #BINK
Unpredictability is a Powerful Tool.
A trained mind is a pattern recognition machine, but this ability can be exploited and the machine tricked into seeing what we want it to see - this can instigate incorrect predictions or simply overwhelm the mind with possibilities. 👊🏻
Unpredictability is a Powerful Tool.
A trained mind is a pattern recognition machine, but this ability can be exploited and the machine tricked into seeing what we want it to see - this can instigate incorrect predictions or simply overwhelm the mind with possibilities. 👊🏻
May 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
OUCH! #BINK
Unpredictability is a Powerful Tool.
A trained mind is a pattern recognition machine, but this ability can be exploited and the machine tricked into seeing what we want it to see - this can instigate incorrect predictions or simply overwhelm the mind with possibilities. 👊🏻
Unpredictability is a Powerful Tool.
A trained mind is a pattern recognition machine, but this ability can be exploited and the machine tricked into seeing what we want it to see - this can instigate incorrect predictions or simply overwhelm the mind with possibilities. 👊🏻
My morning:
I wake up and give myself 2 options: “good day or great day?”
I bottle feed my newborn son and lay him back down.
I meditate for 15 while the coffee brews.
I write for 15.
I read for 15.
I do creative work for 45 while the sun (and my family) rises.
Grateful.
I wake up and give myself 2 options: “good day or great day?”
I bottle feed my newborn son and lay him back down.
I meditate for 15 while the coffee brews.
I write for 15.
I read for 15.
I do creative work for 45 while the sun (and my family) rises.
Grateful.
May 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My morning:
I wake up and give myself 2 options: “good day or great day?”
I bottle feed my newborn son and lay him back down.
I meditate for 15 while the coffee brews.
I write for 15.
I read for 15.
I do creative work for 45 while the sun (and my family) rises.
Grateful.
I wake up and give myself 2 options: “good day or great day?”
I bottle feed my newborn son and lay him back down.
I meditate for 15 while the coffee brews.
I write for 15.
I read for 15.
I do creative work for 45 while the sun (and my family) rises.
Grateful.
Master Steve • #BINK • Run Away!!! 😂
Master Steve is still a white belt in the #art of #focus.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #lol #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #fitness #artist #flow #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #brucelee #creator #bewater #poetry
Master Steve is still a white belt in the #art of #focus.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #lol #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #fitness #artist #flow #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #brucelee #creator #bewater #poetry
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Wow. Fistic Elegance. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighte #miketyson #brucelee #creator
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighte #miketyson #brucelee #creator
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wow. Fistic Elegance. #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighte #miketyson #brucelee #creator
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighte #miketyson #brucelee #creator
Wait for it. #BINK!!!
An artist doesn’t force a fight, he feels it in his mind and his flesh; he lives it in the moment, allowing the clay of hand to hand combat to take shape so that he may, when the time is right… #bink
…. bludgeon it into unconsciousness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
An artist doesn’t force a fight, he feels it in his mind and his flesh; he lives it in the moment, allowing the clay of hand to hand combat to take shape so that he may, when the time is right… #bink
…. bludgeon it into unconsciousness.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
BINK #BINK!
Taoists believe in living in harmony with the universe, or Tao, and in the balance of opposing forces.
Swim with the current and Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#philosophy #wushu #art #boxing #bike #scooter #motorbike #mma #ufc #brucelee #creator #tao #taoism #fail #motorcycle
Taoists believe in living in harmony with the universe, or Tao, and in the balance of opposing forces.
Swim with the current and Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#philosophy #wushu #art #boxing #bike #scooter #motorbike #mma #ufc #brucelee #creator #tao #taoism #fail #motorcycle
February 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
SWIM to the VIOLENT #BINK!
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #fluidart
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #fluidart
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
SWIM to the VIOLENT #BINK!
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #fluidart
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #fluidart
Frightening Head Kick #KO!
Flow • Float • #BINK
Either we’re gonna kick #monday in the head, or we’re gonna let it kick us in the head. Our choice.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #brucelee #mondays #mondayvibes
#mondaymood #mondaymotivation
Flow • Float • #BINK
Either we’re gonna kick #monday in the head, or we’re gonna let it kick us in the head. Our choice.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #brucelee #mondays #mondayvibes
#mondaymood #mondaymotivation
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Frightening Head Kick #KO!
Flow • Float • #BINK
Either we’re gonna kick #monday in the head, or we’re gonna let it kick us in the head. Our choice.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #brucelee #mondays #mondayvibes
#mondaymood #mondaymotivation
Flow • Float • #BINK
Either we’re gonna kick #monday in the head, or we’re gonna let it kick us in the head. Our choice.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #brucelee #mondays #mondayvibes
#mondaymood #mondaymotivation
CRAZY CONNECTION!!! #BINK
Every moment in fighting is dynamic and unique.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #muaythai #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator
Every moment in fighting is dynamic and unique.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #muaythai #thaiboxing #fitness #artist #flow #movement #artist #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator
February 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Collision ELBOW!!! #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #rajadamnern #rajadamnernstadium
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #rajadamnern #rajadamnernstadium
January 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Collision ELBOW!!! #BINK
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #rajadamnern #rajadamnernstadium
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #boxeo #mma #ufc #fighter #jakepaul #miketyson #brucelee #creator #rajadamnern #rajadamnernstadium
MATH BINKs!
As simple as One, Two, Three #BINK.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #ufc #fighter #miketyson #brucelee #creator #sambo #combatsambo
As simple as One, Two, Three #BINK.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #ufc #fighter #miketyson #brucelee #creator #sambo #combatsambo
January 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
MATH BINKs!
As simple as One, Two, Three #BINK.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #ufc #fighter #miketyson #brucelee #creator #sambo #combatsambo
As simple as One, Two, Three #BINK.
Enjoy the Hostilities My Friends.
#martialarts #mma #philosophy #wushu #art #knockout #karate #taekwondo #muaythai #bareknuckle #boxing #bareknuckleboxing #thaiboxing #fitness #ufc #fighter #miketyson #brucelee #creator #sambo #combatsambo