“Your smile is your shield and your sword.” That’s just one of many wisdom gems from today’s guest and longtime Pivot advocate, Sensei Ando Mierzwa. He’s sharing many of the principles from his free self-defense basics course on turning intuition into action, the importance of projecting (and feeling!) confident, ignoring social niceties when it comes to making “bad guys” uncomfortable, and how to maintain a zen state even in tense situations. I hope you love this conversation as much as I did!Ando’s Free Course: Self-Defense Basics❤️ Enjoying the show? Pivot Podcast is listener supported—consider donating to become a Pivot Insider and you’ll get access to a private monthly Q&A call: http://pivotmethod.com/insider💌 Get my curated weekly(ish) PivotList newsletter at http://pivotmethod.com/pivotlist💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Pivot listener survey at http://pivotmethod.com/survey🗣 Submit a question or comment for future episodes at http://pivotmethod.com/ask🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to ‘casts: https://pod.link/1054817076📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/249Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices