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WEAPONS INFORM MOVEMENT

In a prior article, I explained ikkyo and irimi-nage arise from the moment of contested weapon access—the effort to draw and the counter-effort to suppress. The last Saturday weapons class continued that line of thought, focusing more precisely on ikkyo and nikkyo as a means to draw the katana in a contested encounter. Protecting theContinue reading “WEAPONS INFORM MOVEMENT”

Old Magic – Exposure

“Similia similibus curentur.”Let like be cured by like. — Hippocrates (attrib.), echoed by Paracelsus and Galen This principle, later adopted by homeopaths and ridiculed by modern medicine, remains as stubbornly persistent—and surprisingly insightful—as any ancient folk wisdom. You’ll find it not only in medical aphorism but also in the logic of sympathetic magic, as describedContinue reading “Old Magic – Exposure”

The Meaning of Life

I learned about Sara Walker from a podcast with Lex Fridman. The entire conversation is worth the listen: Her conceptualization is brilliant and presented in an unassuming manner that belies the seriousness of the implications. Fridman’s long-format interviews are excellent in mining a guest’s breadth and depth of thought and I found Sara’s conceptualization ofContinue reading “The Meaning of Life”