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IKKYO TO SANYKO

This is not a kihon-level presentation. The sequence of development presumes competency in basic lock-flow dexterity drills, the ability to keep connected pressure, and a familiarity with vectors. It is a play off a standard shomenunchi – irimi tai sabaki exercise incorporating both the font hand and back hand intercept. The hand work is not necessarily tied to, norContinue reading “IKKYO TO SANYKO”

Sage Rat Hunting

Step outside Multnomah County and the geography, climate and political convictions of Oregon change rapidly. The topography of eastern Oregon opens, light pollution drops and the distance between places increases exponentially. I love the expansiveness. A poignant reminder of our insignificance: instilling a righteous humility. It had been several years since I had been this deep into MalheurContinue reading “Sage Rat Hunting”

INITIATION and TESTING

____________________________ I regret not recording where I grabbed this photograph. I believe it was from Life magazine in the late 1970s, taken by Marialba Russo [1] from her study in virility, ritual, and the human need to prove transformation. ____________________________ The latent anthropologist in me laments the lack of rites of passage celebrating importantContinue reading “INITIATION and TESTING”