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Cultural UPlift and education with Ron Jones...because the road to educate and elevate is a long one. Ron Jones, MS, is a Historical Kinesiologist and educator. #thelongroadshow

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    Gaga Ball: History & Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 14:24


    "Gaga Ball" is a popular game for kids today. It's often played at church or school playgrounds. After a few days of exploring Gaga Ball, I finally came up with the most simplified game rules and a few theories on the origins of the game. This show will be helpful for homeschoolers or people working with youth. Enjoy...Ga...Ga...BALL!Gaga Ball: History & Rules Handout@mattbradfordmusic

    Clueless @ Costco

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 13:16


    Another situational awareness episode on my recent observations while shopping at Costco this week...PAY ATTENTION!!!*Music: @mattbradfordmusic 

    It's NOT Adding Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 14:40


    "KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR: CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY" (LAW 17)Some inquiring commentary on recent events that just don't make sense...they throw major red flags as anomalies...let's discuss. Reference: "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene (1998)Music @mattbradfordmusic 

    Laws of Power: 16 & 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 3:26


    A quick educational review of Law 16: "USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT AND HONOR" and Law 19: "KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH--DO NOT OFFEND THE WRONG PERSON"...enjoy your weekend. Reference: "THE 48 LAWS OF POWER" by Robert Greene (1998)Music: @mattbradfordmusic Photo: "Mini Solo" by Ron Jones

    SCREAMING (Into the Black Hole)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 8:11


    My cell phone has been broken a month now...it's been an interesting psychological experience worth discussing. Here are a few insights and observations as millions SCREAM into the black hole of nothingness...

    Cat Poop Room?!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 5:23


    I had an interesting conversation with one of my 4th-grade boys about bar dips and cat poop smelling rooms...it's worth a listen. Hopefully, people will be enlightened about the dangers of video gaming...Music Credit: @mattbradfordmusic

    Great Job Mates!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 15:05


    A quick follow-up to London's peaceful demonstration last weekend. Great job Mates! Quite inspiring. A few comments across the pond and for the Yanks here in the States. Carry on!Photo: By War Office official photographer, Major W. G. Horton. Churchill waving the Victory sign to the crowd in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945. This photograph H 41849 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, (Wikipedia)Music: "God Save the Queen"

    Hyperconnectivity & UTK England

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 10:51


    "It's great that we can connect and communicate with people instantly and for free, but this hyperconnection may be damaging to the mental health of young people." -Lukianoff & HaidtToday is September 13th, 2025--a critical day for our mates in England who gather for the UTK-Unite the Kingdom peaceful protests. Some thoughts on the excessive "hyperconnectivity" in relation to the processing speed of the human brain and how it might impact us here in the US. All the best UTK! Carry on.Reference: "THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND" by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (2018)Photo by Ron Jones

    "We Got Him" REALLY?!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 21:30


    I warned you. Be careful of the Charlie Kirk narrative the first 24-48 hours. Here we go--we got the "guy" as in singular. It is impossible to know this after a few hours. Let's go over some interesting points about what was missing and what was there that did not add up...the whole "solo actor" BS needs a rapid curtain call as in dropping down on the whole story.Photo: RJ @ Ozzfest/Black Sabbath

    It's NOT Adding Up...

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 20:17


    Something is really wrong about the Charlie Kirk killing...and it's beyond just that he should not have been killed. I smell a rat--or a total rat infestation in the multiple levels of corruption at play in the drama house.Music: "Star Spangled Banner" by Stanley Jay Tucker

    "THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND" Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 15:47


    A brief book review of the 2018 book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt entitled, "THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND: HOW GOOD INTENTIONS AND BAD IDEAS ARE SETTING UP A GENERATION FOR FAILURE."I go over key points cited for creating witch hunts and read over a few of the book reviews by people from various social and political standings. It's a challenging read but an important one for our current times, and it has a lot to do with Charlie Kirk's mission to speak openly on American colleges and universities.Photo: RJ @ "The Last Bookstore" in DTLA

    Charlie Kirk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 24:29


    "Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil." -Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer"I have a few comments about the murder of conservative journalist Charlie Kirk a few hours ago...plus some historic perspectives and a few book recommendations to help you figure it out.References:"The True Believer" By Eric Hoffer (1951)"WHEN VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER" By Tim Larkin (2017)"THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND" By Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (2018)

    Pre-Archery PE Lesson & Physical Literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 41:14


    I've been teaching a "pre-archery" lesson this week in order for my students to start learning how to both SEE line and FEEL line. Understanding body alignment is an important part of establishing physical literacy, so hang out a while, and let's go back in time to justify the lesson while also talking mechanics. Enjoy!"Find Your Center" (Parent Message Video)"Find Your Center" (Tutorial VideoPhoto by Ron Jones "Sage @ OK Corral Studio"Music @mattbradfordmusic

    UK in US?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 8:40


    Virtually no one is talking about what is happening in the UK with England right now...PAY ATTENTION! September 13th in England will be a learning opportunity for the rest of the "pseudo-free world."Want more? I recommend Tousi TV and Paul Thorpe on YouTube. These mates are on top of daily developments and at the street level with real people.Photo: "RJ in Spain"Music @ mattbradfordmusic

    Can You Even Walk?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 12:18


    After decades in health and fitness, in both corporate and educational settings, nearly everyone I have ever worked with has some sort of issue with their walking gait. There is almost always an imbalance or biomechanical issue that is often not even realized by the person I am seeing. Here on some thoughts "again" on the importance of a gliding gait that saves you energy throughout the days and decades.Watch my "Gliding Gait" walking video for more information.Photo Credit: New Hampshire Female ROTC Walk, Life Magazine (1942)Music Credit @mattbradfordmusic

    Send Troops to Chicago?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 17:09


    As of 9.3.25, it looks like the National Guard will likely be sent into Chicago to deal with the out-of-control violence plaguing the streets and communities, but will it really make a difference? What does history say? What is the history of gang violence in Chicago? History has some real wisdom here. Hang on while I skim the surface on short-term and long-term solutions plus some Chicago-specific history too.Listen to my previous episode III on "The History of Juvenile Delinquency in Chicago"Photo Credit: Ron JonesMusic Credit @mattbradfordmusic

    Values & Virtues of HARD LABOR

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 12:29


    We often think of "HARD LABOR" in current American culture as a punishment sentence for bad behavior; however, the task of undertaking hard physical labor would actually decrease the amount of bad behavior. Here are a few thoughts on getting dirty, sweating, and using your whole body to build something instead of burning stuff down.Photo Credit: "Trail Building" by Ron Jones*Music Credit: @mattbradfordmusic

    "Word Candy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 4:52


    Some inspiring citations from my 1914 reference on the values of speaking the truth and not running with the herd.Reference: "PEP: Poise-Efficiency-Peace; A Book of Hows Not Whys For Physical and Mental Efficiency" by Col. WM. C. Hunter (1914)*Music Credit: @mattbradfordmusic

    AI Arguing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 10:09


    I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but it occured to me that many of the far left liberals who come after me in social media were "AI Arguing" meaning just cutting and pasting AI-generated verbiage into comment boxes...or "paraphrasing" (i.e. plagarizing). I refuse to argue with AI idiots who are propagandized by the far left technocrats. This whole machine first philosophy is FATALLY flawed. Music Credit: @mattbradfordmusic

    Gravity & Decompression

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 6:18


    It's amazing how much improvement you can gain with strength with just a few "proper" reps in a few days or weeks. Today's episode is about bar dips and strength gains, so hit the bar! Get your dips on mates!*Music by Matt Bradford

    8-10 Year Olds

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 11:22


    A somber show today after yet another school shooting in the States...and some reflections as someone who works daily with 8-10 year old children.*Music by Matt Bradford

    Natural Activities of Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 9:44


    Here's a quick read and commentary from 1937 on "Natural Activities" of man in terms of fundamental movements plus citations on artificial exercises and a really good section on how to begin your day based upon the history of physiology. Source: "EXERCISE and HEALTH" by Jesse Feiring Williams, A.B., M.D. (1937)*Music by Matt Bradford

    Decreasing Recess Again!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 23:33


    I thought we were over this madness about decreasing recess in elementary schools--but apparently not. This episode digs into a recent school district in Kansas that decreased recess to focus more on STEM subjects "inside" the building. Why?!Source: "10-minute recess? It's a reality for students at one Sedgwick County school this year" by Lindsay Smith (The Wichita Eagle; August 14, 2025)Photo: Central Park Playground (1942)*Music by Matt Bradford

    PE Story & ACTIVE Aging

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 6:45


    Here's a nice story about a conversation I had with one of my 5th-grade boys about his ACTIVE 78 year old grandfather. Enjoy!RJ's PE RULES:PAY ATTENTION!Be ACTIVE.Know YOUR Body.*Music by Matt Bradford

    President's Council On Youth Fitness Origins

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 19:43


    With all this hoopla on the reformation of the President's Council to help youth fitness, sports, etc., I decided to explore the original Executive Order 10673 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. I discovered a few good talking points.Learn more about the Kraus-Weber Test for Postural Fitness *Music by Matt Bradford

    What About the Girls?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 7:58


    Adding to yesterday's episode on the stupidity of the new "fitness challenge" by Pete and Bobby...what about the girls? 100 Push-Ups and 50 Pull-Ups for little girls too? It's insanity...AND, it's child abuse.*Music by Matt Bradford*Photo by Ron Jones

    150 Reps of Child Abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 37:11


    The new "Pete and Bobby Challenge" is completely out of line with what American youth can and should be doing in physical fitness. 50 Pull-Ups and 100 Push-Ups in less than ten minutes?!!! What are you thinking?!!! It's outright child abuse, and yes, I back this up in the show. Please listen and start rationally thinking about what needs to be done instead of listening to irrational propaganda like 150 reps of child abuse.Reference Links:"The Motivation Factor" Documentary FilmFM 21-20 Physical Training Manual, US Dept. of War (1946)*Music courtesy of Matt Bradford

    Book 'em

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 10:16


    Wilding youth out of control. Anarchy and chaos. Just "Book 'em" all then throw away the keys while we put teens into prisons for adult crimes? While this can provide short-term solutions...consider the long road both to and away from 2025.*Photo by Ron Jones

    Capacity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 17:15


    Many people do not have the capacity to appreciate nice things or things that matter. Are they forever lost? Throwaways? Here are some rambling thoughts with historical context.*Photo Credit: "RJ and Vintage Discus" by Antje Anders

    Moaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 6:42


    Some people seem to moan with every movement--even many "fitness" people? Why? How does this impact your mindset?

    MOVE Your Mood!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 6:55


    I had a little girl in PE yesterday who came into class in a very BAD mood...by the end of class she was smiling and laughing. Movement can really move your mood from bad to good.

    Dead Hangs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 19:01


    This is the first week of school. I started my lessons with a short section on the "Dead Hang" which is just hanging still on a pull-up bar, but don't be fooled! There are MANY benefits to this simple gravity training exercise.Here's one of my videos on how to get kids to play on bars: "Brachiation Bar Hang Play"

    JULY 5th 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2025 19:41


    Some quick updates on US events--the Texas flooding, Juneteenth shooting in Tulsa, and yet another youth gone wild shooting spree in Indiana...yes, we have a serious cultural problem.*Photo by Ron Jones

    One Rubber Bullet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 23:46


    After an extended break as the world changed, I'm back and entrenched in some social media drama. I was accused of being okay with journalists being shot by rubber bullets because I did not jump onto the mob mentality bandwagon to tar, feather, and sentence the law enforcement officer who shot the female Aussie journalist at the NO KINGS Los Angeles riot. It's never just one thing! Let's break it down like we are preparing to go to court...the NO KINGS people seem to be rallying for due process, so let's see just how much they can tolerate looking at the other sides too.*Photo by Ron Jones. "NO KINGS Tulsa-Rainbow Bubbles" Copyright 2025.

    Helping Hands...or Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 7:26


    Here's a little story about one of my PE girls learning self-confidence and life through a simple balance challenge. Enjoy! :)*Photo: RJ @ Rock House

    The Bathing-Suit Appeal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 6:18


    Here's a short passage from 1937 on exercise cults and fads and how they related to exercise fads and gadgets and exercising to get muscles strong--or living in such a way that produces whole health and well-being.Source: "Exercise and Health" by Jesse Feiring Williams, A.B., M.D.; Professor of Physical Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; National Health Series; Edited by the National Health Council (1937).*Photo by Ron Jones

    Size 58

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 8:43


    I was shocked to see a size 58 belt last week, and it made me think deeply about how this can happen to people. I have worked with many obese people in my career, and one of my favorite populations to help with health are middle-aged obese women ready to change...however, it would be so much easier if people did not completely give up on themselves and their health.Why do people completely abandon health so early in life?

    What are you saying?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 21:52


    Is anyone else having significant problems understanding what people are saying? Can you understand what they are attempting to write? It seems that we have a real communication breakdown from oral to written--and especially with children. Here are a few observations, some thoughts, and some interesting reading from an 1800s elementary school textbook.Reference: "McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader" (Revised Edition, 1879)*Photo by Ron Jones

    Smokey Bear History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 11:42


    In a follow-up to my LA Fire and California fire history podcasts, here's an interesting look at the history and origins of "Smokey Bear" who went on to become the longest-running PSA in American history with a 96% brand recognition.Related Podcasts: Feral Fire History of California; LA FIRESReferences: SmokeyBear.com; The Aggie; NPR; Tread Magazine; American University.*Photo by Ron Jones

    The Crash of American College Athletics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 92:30


     1929 marked more than a stock market crash; it also marked a stern warning about the pending crash of American College Athletics if they continued to commercialize and professionalize college athletics. As usual, we did not listen. Here's what we knew in 1929 and what we should be following in 2025 to course correct, or, we can use the information as criteria to cancel sports programs altogether if they do not enhance our national life.At this point, what real cultural value do American sports programs offer for improving our nation, our culture, and the human condition?Source: "AMERICAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS" by Howard J. Savage, Staff Member, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Harold W. Bentley, John T. McGovern, Dean F. Smiley, M.D.; Bulletin Number Twenty-Three (1929) *This is the full version; I used an abbreviated version for the podcast.

    Holder of the Flame

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 6:14


    I lost one of my best students a couple of weeks ago who needed to relocate to a different school district. Despite her short years, she was truly a "holder of the flame" of life energy that lights a path for others to follow. In Native history, the person who held the flame for the tribe had a sacred position; I think this still exists somehow.Every once in a while, you meet someone who seems to feel a lot more and has a much deeper understanding of life--and sometimes they are just a few years old. Good luck young grasshopper...keep the light bright.*Photo by Ron Jones

    "Professionalism" in Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 22:20


    "No people has ever yet done great and lasting work if its physical type was infirm and weak."Here's a great article written by Teddy Roosevelt in 1890 on the benefits of manly exercises and other outdoor activities and the ills of professional sports and professional athletes...he references ancient Rome...we have been warned. Is anyone listening?Reference: "Professionalism" in Sports by Theodore Roosevelt, The North American Review; Vol. 151, No. 405; pp. 187-191 (AUG 1890)*Photo by Ron Jones

    GET OUT OF THE PLANE!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 5:42


    I just watched the news coverage of the recent plane crash in Toronto. The plane flipped completely upside down upon crash landing, and one of the passengers actually took a video of herself upside down while strapped into her seat--INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT OF THE PLANE!Have we completely lost our minds through propaganda programming?*Photo by Ron Jones

    Taboo Talk: Sex & Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 62:00


    In view of the numerous health problems Americans have that are related to sexual issues, I need to take a respectful and scholarly approach to discuss: sex, orgasms, and improving whole health through healthier sexual relations. Many of the topics today are taboo for some because of social beliefs or absolute embarrassment, but again, I'm sharing some insights and some of my reading research to help people understand what lies under so many health issues from weight loss to movement constrictions to mental health and more--and it's about sex--or the absence of it altogether. Take what works for you; discard what does not apply...and take care of yourself too. Here are the books I recommended at the end of the show:"Ending Female Pain: A Woman's Manual; The Ultimate Self-Help Guide for Women Suffering from Chronic Pelvic and Sexual Pain" by Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS (2009)"Women's Anatomy of Arousal" by Sheri Winston, CNM, RN, BSN, LMT (2017)"Tantric Intimacy" by Katrina Bos (2017)"Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends" by Katie Lee (2004)"Maps to Ecstasy: teachings of an urban shaman" by Gabrielle Roth (1989)*"Sensual Orchids" photo by Ron Jones

    The Sexual Hipster

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 8:15


    Here's a fun share from American author Norman Mailer on the Hipster's relationship to sexuality and orgasm. Enjoy!*Source: "The White Negro" by Norman Mailer (1957)

    "Man is a Rebel"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 11:28


    Psychoanalyst Robert Linder wrote, "By nature, man is a rebel." Yet, when consumed by the myth of adjustment, and subsequent domestication, the Mass Man becomes a prisoner of conformity selling his soul to go along to get along. Here's another passage from Linder as he so eloquently explains the above social psychology.Source: "Prescription for Rebellion" by Robert Linder (1952)*Photo by Ron Jones

    "Roles of the Moment"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 3:56


    "A fully developed and individualized sense of self, a strong ego, is a necessity for everyone who desires freedom."Here's another passage by American psychoanalyst Robert M. Linder. The roles so many of us play at the expense of even knowing ourselves...who are we? Why are we here? What do we stand for? Are we mere actors on the stage of life going from one prostituted role to the next depending upon the immediate pet trick request?As it has long been written..."Know Thyself"Source: "Prescription for Rebellion" by Robert Linder (1952)

    "RULES FOR A KNIGHT"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 37:18


    "You are not fragile. Engage." One of my good friends, who is a combat veteran, gave me a small green book entitled, "RULES FOR A KNIGHT." It's a book passed around with returning combat veterans and PTSD groups. The book re-enters Circa 1483 with so many great passages that I found quite profound. I highly recommend reading it...then passing it along to others too.*Source: "RULES FOR A KNIGHT" by Ethan Hawke (Cited Edition 2020)

    The Psychology of Frontiers & Symptoms of Societal Decline

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 45:31


    "Adjustment is, rather, an insiduous force that has played, and plays now, a significant role in the affairs of men and their civilizations. Careless allegiance to it has had drastic consequences." -Rober Linder (1952)Another fascinating share from psychoanalyst Robert M. Linder as he explains the human psychology of expanding out towards the frontiers and edges and how the reverse patterns decay and destroy through societal decline. This is a different way to explain the "Cycles of Civilization" that are so well documented throughout time...all societies follow these predictable patterns, so if you want to know where America is going--here you go. If you don't like it, change course.Source: "Prescription for Rebellion" by Robert M. Linder (1952).

    PE Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 37:13


    We'll get back to a straight-up PE topic today--the importance and teaching methods for learning the illusive "Hip Hinge" movement. Take an interesting trip with me while I explain some methods, cueing, and philosophy behind how and why I teach the hip hinge as we go from the technical to the tears to the triumphs!Also see: Ivan Ivanov Bulgarian Bag Demo Video *Photo by Ron Jones: Ivan Ivanov with Bulgarian Bags & The Path of Glory

    Half Birthdays?!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 13:35


    Here's a rational rant about numerous ways we infantize American youth. The end result is wrapped up by "Super Bowl" rings for youth football champions. Lest we forget what history has clearly taught...that failure is mandatory for success.*Photo by Ron Jones

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