I struggle to create a post about Chris. He died Wednesday, March 13th, 2024. I have put this off for over a year. Time to reflect. He would have appreciated dying on the 13th. It would have been more appropriate had it been a Friday, but so it goes. Halloween was his true new year.Continue reading “Chris Adams”
Monthly Archives: May 2025
PALISUT FLOW DRILL
In other posts I have reflected on my concern regarding Aikido’s use of the knife. My concern is that while Aikido has beautiful flow and sensitivity drills, when it comes to tanto-dori, their use is under-developed. Moreover, because a knife is a commonplace weapon, in horrible circumstances it could be one a practitioner would needContinue reading “PALISUT FLOW DRILL”
REVERSED EFFORT AND THE KEY TO MASTERY
The more I teach, the more I distrust my own methods. I vacillate between two instincts: to explain everything, the Western compulsion toward clarity, and to say almost nothing, as my Japanese teachers did. Both seem inadequate. There is a paradox in learning that unsettles: The more effort one exerts to master, the more elusiveContinue reading “REVERSED EFFORT AND THE KEY TO MASTERY”
Protective Arts 