IMO he should do neija as well what do you guys think? With his commitement and training already he could probably learn chen tai chi and needle in cotton? Or find a master to teach him poison hand. I really think he could be the guy who brings some skill out into the world that is unavailable outside a handful of people. Anyway:

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/435142/Jonathan-Brookins-off-MMA-on-Yoga-in -India/

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Josh Rosenblatt: Were you in the Octagon (vs. Dustin Poirrier at the TUF 16 Finale) thinking about India?

Jonathan Brookins: I think I was. I think I was ready to go to India and learn something else. Pursuing this sport with the mindset that I have is counterproductive. It didn’t make sense. Mindset is everything. If this is what I’m going to do with the rest of my life it can’t just be a circular argument. It can’t just be about nothing. This quest to be a fighter has gotten to be frivolous, to be the wrong pursuit. I know it can be pursued the right way, but I know I'm not anywhere close to it. I’m not really down to live this temporary, right-now way of life.

JR: What are you looking for?

JB: I’m looking for a mindset to exist better. I think that I can find a happiness about myself, a way of living, where my constitution is more sound. I think that martial arts has been a positive, but it hasn’t been as much as it could be. I want to find martial arts for real. Yoga just seems to me like one of the oldest forms of martial arts. It seems like the very beginning. When the Shaolin monks wanted to learn to fight, there was a yoga teacher who taught the monks how to exercise and how to defend themselves – how to properly prepare themselves, prepare their bodies, prepare their minds. So starting with yoga just seems so natural to me.

I want to say something with my fighting. I want to find the truth. We have the potential for greater consciousness. I want to abstain from this world and tap into the human soul and see what it’s like to live.

JR: Ideally, will India help you get back to fighting or are you open to the idea of not fighting again, if that’s where your mind goes?

JB: Yeah, I’m open to that, that’s for sure. All the things I didn’t learn in fighting to better myself I feel like I can explore in this avenue. If it means extra effort or extra solitude, I’m going to pursue this harder than I even pursued fighting. I feel like it could make me a much better fighter, but if it leads me to not fight again, I think I would be okay with that."