The Metaphysics of the Nightclub Door with Geoff Thompson

Religion Reconsidered

As context for this conversation I recommend the following:

• Video on martial arts;
• Geoff's Ted Talk.

Geoff Thompson is famous in the world of self defence. After becoming a highly ranked martial artist in numerous disciplines, Geoff became a nightclub bouncer in Coventry in the UK at a time when it was known as the most violent city in Europe. From this experience he went on to develop a form of martial arts based on real world situations that centred on the idea of efficacy, or to put it another way - hitting first. From this he became one of the world’s leading self defence experts and got to a point where he was teaching Chuck Norris’s students in the US.

In this rather esoteric conversation Geoff discusses how he used methods from his martial arts training to develop himself spiritually and overcome the darkness within him. While beginning with spiritual martial arts teachers such as Gichin Funakosi and Morihei Ueshiba, Geoff’s spiritual knowledge has come from places as diverse as George Gurdjieff, the Armenian born mystic, the Srimad Bhagavatam, one of the great Hindu Puranas, Roman Catholicism and Rumi. As you’ll come to hear in our conversation, Geoff considers his time as a nightclub bouncer as being a true metaphysical experience.

A list of Geoff's published works can be found on his Wikipedia page and his instagram is https://www.instagram.com/geoff_thompson_official/?hl=en

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