Tacitus wrote Agricola to honor his father-in-law, Cnaeus Julius Agricola, who died August 23, 93 CE. After a short introduction (exordium, 1-3), Tacitus organized the work in three parts. In chapters 4 to 9, Tacitus narrates Agricola’s life before he became governor of Britain in 77 CE. In the second part (chapters 10-38), Tacitus covers Agricola’s governorship ofContinue reading “Conquest Via Luxury”
Monthly Archives: November 2022
PRECAUTIONS FOR TRAINING
In Budo, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (1991), O’Sensei outlined his “Precautions for Training.” This training manual was originally published (for private circulation) in 1938 when he was 55-years old. There are other translations: 1. Aikido decides life and death in a single strike, so students must carefully follow the instructor’s teaching and notContinue reading “PRECAUTIONS FOR TRAINING”
MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022
A much belated post on Mulligan sensei’s returned to Portland for a workshop weekend March 5 & 6, 2022. It was a welcome return to seminar training! On Saturday, he covered two basic forms of entry (ashi sabaki) as a precursor to the disarm class on Sunday. My subsequent classes were an homage to MulliganContinue reading “MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022”
Protective Arts 