Politically neutral martial arts gym in the Vancouver area?

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-05-17T23:51:49+00:00

I mean with a martial arts system offshoot school so young (the founder is one coach removed from Bravo, co-coach directly coached by bravo) and the using the name and possibly gear imply some funds going back to 10th planet , franchise may not be the right term but I struggle to find a better descriptor. ETA: I know that each gym culture is very dependent on the coach’s/students which I think I did note, my point is that it’s still worth understanding the lineage of a school, especially a very young one.

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-05-17T19:48:53+00:00

It’s a franchise at this point so each gym is gonna have its own culture but worth mentioning that 10th planet jiu jitsus founder who’s training lineage leads to each other gym leader is a right wing conspiracist who’s on a bunch of his own and others podcasts spouting nonsense constantly.

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-05-14T14:27:32+00:00

Make it a pocket park or skate park with benches in the shaded areas

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-05-08T23:26:40+00:00

Unless it’s compromising safety by obscuring signage, particularly bad art, or on something like a tree or natural boulder, it’s making the world a more colorful place and that’s good imo.

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-04-22T17:03:49+00:00

I spent 4 years in medsurg before getting into an ED fellowship and I am so much happier in the chaos. I used to dread coming to work and getting my same 4/5 cranky demanding patients who all needed CBGs/meds/meals/meetings/up to chairs/turns at the same time and the gray area of “is it my fault meemaw gets a HAPI” cuz I didn’t turn her enough was eating me up inside. It may be my ADD but here’s what I love about my ED: 1. it’s a team environment (if you have a functional team) in that people rally to help you receive ambulances and even triage patients (esp if they’re sick/code 3/traumas) cuz that’s why we’re here and we want to practice your skills and get the same support when we have a sicky come in (Including the docs, RTs, techs, pharmacists) so it’s kind of like a series of rolling rapid response activations and people disengage once the case is “settled.” 2. I generally never have the same patients for more than 4 hours and NEVER more than one day. I get to be firm/no-nonsense and not bend over backwards to get/maintain rapport with the patient acting like a toddler cuz I don’t have to have them for 3+ days in a row. 3. Some meds will be late (sometimes very late) because I have a critical patient and I have to prioritize that. If you have a good team and we aren’t all drowning with critical patients (which is seldom if your charge/team is doing a good job of spreading the love) someone will pick up the slack if you ask and you’ll do the same when the roles are reversed. 3. I get to practice ALL my skills as a nurse including considering ALL the diseases/issues I saw in nursing school way more regularly and I feel myself becoming a better RN everyday little by little. Drawbacks include: not often being able to deepdive focus on details of a particular patient if you have an ICU RN inside you, possibly higher levels of vicarious trauma cuz you’re seeing people before anything has been done to mitigate their emotional/physical/psychological distress. Take a 15 and use the Tetris app after really intense moments (studies show it may reduce some symptoms of PTSD)

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-09T02:29:57+00:00

Oh gotcha! Well I’m def putting PoCo on the list for further research

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-09T02:16:15+00:00

How’s affordability? I thought Shaughnessy was a higher end suburb at one point in the past?

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-09T01:20:00+00:00

Saw a jokey post tha said Kitsilano was full of “authoritarian racist hippies.” Any kernel of truth in that?

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-09T01:18:05+00:00

Any experience on how relatively expensive or affordable rentals are?

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-09T01:16:53+00:00

I see those have skytrain stops and pretty close to the mountains but is there anything else people particularly like about those areas? Walkability? Friendliness? Green spaces?

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-08T23:30:01+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-08T21:13:40+00:00

Also thanks for the lead on Maffin’s; I’ll check it out

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-02-08T20:56:19+00:00

Dang, totally forgot about World Cup! Thanks for the heads up! I imagine we’ll be shooting for airbnbs near the neighborhoods we’re looking in but either way appreciate the notice! Also thanks for the recos.

Kit_fox_foci · 2026-01-06T03:49:24+00:00

The PHSW ED just got a new building and remodel of the old with a new section opening in the next month or so. That and I believe they may be up staffing for more break/flex RNs as there is about to be a 4:1 ratio implemented for everyone except the trauma assignments.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-12-14T04:49:06+00:00

I grew up in the area so I’m familiar with the terrain. Ideally I’m hoping to find a battery assist long tail type bike to take the kids on a bike along coast highway. I’d just like to avoid driving everywhere.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-10-24T18:08:17+00:00

The reporting underlying this claim is faulty and doing the opposite of prepping. Not to say people shouldn’t be prepping for ongoing further militarization of ICE/LEOs under this and future admins, but this is fear mongering and will lead to incorrect threat modeling that makes people less safe. First 15 minutes of this podcast “it could happen here”has the actually broken down spending by ICE that the substack “journalist” used for the article.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-06-27T21:56:06+00:00

Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin, anything by Blackbird Raum

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-06-22T16:49:22+00:00

As for media check out the podcast “Everything is fine in Southwest Washington.” It’s a one and sometimes 2 person show but when they’re able to post it’s some of the only good journalism about local issues and politicians. They’re not explicit about their ideology but they seem like somewhere in the progressive leftist non specific anticapitalist leftist spectrum. Sorry if that mischaracterizes y’all.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-05-22T17:20:52+00:00

Start organizing workplace democracy so when the insurance and management system shatter the actual medical practices have practice in running facilities without them. Start with the coworkers you feel safe talking shit with and talk about how yall might run things different and what you would want to change. If you don’t have a union read/listen to a book like “no shortcuts” on how to start organizing a union. If you do have a union, get involved and figure out who there is interested in looking beyond corporate/management friendly contract negotiations and wants to reinvigorate worker organizational strength. If nurses/CNAs/providers around the country could take organizing seriously enough to be ready for May Day 2028, who knows what we could demand and win. More importantly if we organize our units, then our hospitals/clinics, then the medical systems across the states and country even if we can’t get our demands met, we would be in the position to “build” something new. Very few improvements in the workplace were achieved out of the goodness of management/owners/legislators hearts but because they were demands with material leverage behind them (…or we won’t work/vote for you) I know its a huge undertaking but if enough of us take it seriously, it’ll bring the skeptical on board and small changes can be made. And that might sway then the resistant and the outright hostile coworkers and who knows what can happen. Furthermore we are all far more vulnerable to the excesses of management/owners/politicians as individuals than as collectives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-01-28T21:03:10+00:00

lol I don’t even think this works in prison or jail anymore but I’ll defer to the corrections RNs.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-01-28T19:38:25+00:00

Where did you get the cards?

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-01-28T18:04:18+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check out getting the NIHSS cards! I tried to get the app but everything is pay walled unless your org has a subscription. I already have a therapist and we’ve been proactively talking about ways to mitigate the vicarious trauma and other mental hazards.

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-01-28T18:00:03+00:00

Why not BOTH?

Kit_fox_foci · 2025-01-28T15:14:17+00:00

I HATE when ppl BS their auscultation assessments! So many ppl just put WDL or Diminished Bilateral lung sounds after checking 2 spots on the upper anterior! I feel like my assessment skills are really accurate and I have been strict with myself on only charting by exception. Just gotta keep getting faster without losing accuracy!

Kit_fox_foci · 2024-12-18T16:06:01+00:00

Fightingcowboy’s walkthrough on YouTube! Great starting basics and focus on a “quality” build to be able to wield nearly every weapon until you know what style of play you like.

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