Chris Mulligan Sensei returned to Portland for his annual February workshop. Friday night was body arts and the guiding principle was to gather power at the center. Simple phraseology; how does one achieve it? The closer one’s hands are to our own body’s center, the more structural and muscular advantage we have. Therefore, Mulligan senseiContinue reading “CHRIS MULLIGAN – FEBRUARY 2020”
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Demography is Destiny
When quarantine was still early, there were thoughts that because couples would be trapped inside with nothing else to do, a Covid baby-boom would result. With the lock downs starting around March 2020, the results should have been evident in December. National Interest Slate There may be a chance that January and February see aContinue reading “Demography is Destiny”
ZANSHIN AS THE PRESENTATION OF SELF
Zanshin 残心 is the relaxed state of awareness visibly displayed by the practitioner’s posture at the end of the technique. Often instructors hide behind foreign lexicon to slather a mystic veneer on the martial arts. I am a pragmatic American and for me the terms need a better explanation and translation. I crib the title fromContinue reading “ZANSHIN AS THE PRESENTATION OF SELF”
Protective Arts 