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ARMORY

There is no substitute for a live edge when it comes to understanding how a weapon will act in the hand and to learn how the hand should employ the blade. A serious martial artist will need to own and use the weapons he purports to train and teach. (And must know the proper etiquette forContinue reading “ARMORY”

KOTEGAESHI to IRIMINAGE: Circular Dissolves

Although I have tried to stick to the basics and teach to the test, this morning I broke the theme – and re-introduced concepts. It was a small class so the deviation probably did little damage. Techniques are in many ways easier than concepts because they are discrete and short, composed of a few beatsContinue reading “KOTEGAESHI to IRIMINAGE: Circular Dissolves”

EXCELLENCE

There is a great quote, often wrongly attributed to Aristotle, but is actually from Will Durant (who is very well worth reading) in his discussion of Aristotle (The Story of Philosophy, 1926): Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have theseContinue reading “EXCELLENCE”