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when people think about ballet, they think something light jumps, turns, not difficult.
提到芭蕾，人们就会想到轻盈、跳跃、旋转、简单易学这些概念。
when people thinks about martial arts, it's punching in the face, blood, broken nose, people screaming, knockouts,
而提到格斗，人们想到的则是朝着脸挥拳、鲜血、鼻子骨折、尖叫的人群，击倒对手之类的概念。
but all dancers are fighters and all fighters are dancers
其实，所有的舞者都是斗士，而所有的斗士也都是舞者。
My name is George Birkadze and I'm a guest teacher at Boston Ballet.
我是乔治· 柏卡则，在波士顿芭蕾中心担任客座教师。
I am also professional martial arts fighter,
同时，我也是一名专业的格斗选手，
I've been principal dancer in many companies. I travel all around world.
我一直在多个舞蹈团队担任首席舞蹈，会去世界各地巡演。
I've been doing ballad professionally since I was 11.
从十一岁开始我就是专业舞蹈了。
I start to dance because dance is very important in my country Georgia and we're all dancers.
我学舞蹈是因为舞蹈在我们国家格鲁吉亚是非常重要的，我们国家的人都会跳舞。
I was bullied because I was a young dancer,
过去我被欺负也是因为我跳舞的时候年纪小，
They were saying that I'm feminine. It was insulting.
他们说我娘娘腔，我觉得很侮辱人。
To protect myself [from] being bullied, I learned martial arts.
为了保护自己不被欺负，我就去学了格斗。
I'm black belt first degree in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and black belt in judo.
我是巴西柔术的黑带一段，日本柔道的黑带，
and I'm black belt third degree in Kyokushin karate.
还是空手道黑带三段。
Most people think that professional dancers and professional fighters are very different
大部分人都觉得专业的舞者和专业的格斗士大相径庭，
but there is more similarities between them.
其实两者之间有很多的共同之处。
In ballet and in martial arts, you wanna maintain your balance.
无论是芭蕾还是格斗，都需要掌握平衡。
In both, you wanna perform technique, so it looks beautiful in ballad and cool in martial arts
要想把芭蕾跳得优雅，把格斗打得帅气，都需要一定的技巧。
You’re training every day to make the execution excellent.
要想把两者的动作完成得出类拔萃，都需要每天坚持训练。
Martial art taught me how to control myself, good discipline and ballet makes me a better martial artist.
格斗教会了我自制、自律，芭蕾则助我成长为一名更优秀的格斗士。
As a dancer, nobody ever can tell me that I'm weak.
作为一名舞者，没有人有资格说我柔弱，
and as a martial artist nobody can tell me that you just beat people
而作为一名格斗士，也没人有资格说我只会打人。
You can't judge people by appearance. You never know.
我们不能以貌取人。因为我们根本不了解对方。
