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YOKOMEN AS DOUBLE DAGGER

Class Outline Establish familiarity with takemusu Aikido exercises: Gyakyu hanmi tenkan – soft committed elbow, move from shoulder (learn to move self) Ashi-sabaki – same arm shape, driven by hips (learn to move uke) Ashi-sabaki ushiro tenkan – same arm shape – learn to lead uke : uke learns to commit to movement Yokomen uchiContinue reading “YOKOMEN AS DOUBLE DAGGER”

Taleb VS Murray

Nassim Taleb has indicted Charles Murray as a “mountebank” because Murray demonstrates that measured general intelligence, G, has a high correlation with financial success. Correlation has a strong resemblance to causation, especially when the measure of success is a broad proxy like income, which can lead erroneously to social Darwinism. Because this is a dangerousContinue reading “Taleb VS Murray”

Elitism and Aristocracy

Aristo– is a word-forming element meaning “best,” or “of the aristocracy,” from Greek aristos “best of its kind, noblest, bravest, most virtuous”” (of persons, animals, things). In its Greek form, aristos denoted that which was excellent in kind, noble in bearing, virtuous in conduct. It was not yet the title of a class. The aristoi were thoseContinue reading “Elitism and Aristocracy”