linguistics(semitic languages), zen, pragmatism, martial arts(ving tsun, boxing, muay thai boxing), military training, tai chi, qi gong, rock climbing, swimming, art, english & modern hebrew literature, military science, biology, political science, militarism, primitivism, survivalism, "The Troubles" (N. Ireland conflicts), Mideastern culture & history, kettlebell training, strength & flexibility training, nature, animals, etc.
Lycurgus, Gen. George S. Patton, Leonidas I, Moshe Dayan, Jonathan Netanyahu, Golda Meir, G. Washington, Hannibal Barca, Napoleon Bonaparte, Devin Townsend, Zinedine Zidane, Bono, Ahmed Massoud, Augustus Caesar, Richard Marcinko, J.R.R. Tolkien, Eric Haney, Bruce Lee, Steve Vai, Fedor Emelianenko, Mark Twight, Pavel Tsatsouline, Steve Cotter.
U2, Type O Negative, anything Devin Townsend touches, Aphex Twin, Alice in Chains, The Roots, Strommoussheld, Jute, Idan Raichel Project, Orphaned Land, Behemoth, Arcturus, Ulver... World music: Latin, African Rhythms, Greek, Middle eastern; Arabic, Iranian, Israeli, Mediterranean, Indian, classical music, etc.
Gladiator, 300, The Last of the Mohicans, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, Fearless (Huo Yuanjia), LOTR, Equilibrium, Bram Stoker's Dracula, American Psycho, The New World, etc.
I don't watch it.
The Accidental Empire, Arab & Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, A History of God, The Brothers Karamazov, W.B. Yeats, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924, Tao of Jeet Kun Do, The Shaolin Grandmaster's Text, The Wing Chun Compendium, LOTR, Six Days of War, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Dods, G.W.F. Hegel, Neitzsche, The Arab-Israeli Wars, The Torah, The Qur'an, Holy Bible.
... And any other who has lived a life of discipline.