Uncle Jim pointed to a recent article in Science discussing Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (2011). I gave the book a quick read and found it a simple gloss on the benefits of global integration; hopeful homilies of an academician sheltered from the possibilities of violence. Pinker’s general thesis isContinue reading “Better Angels”
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BACK TO BASICS
Janus again as a featured image to symbolize the start of a new year and for 2018 I will embark on a new experiment. For the past two years, I have been focusing of teaching concepts rather than techniques (re-visit the beginning) in order to train the trainers. For this New Year I will systematicallyContinue reading “BACK TO BASICS”
CREATING TEACHERS – CHRIS MULLIGAN
Mulligan sensei when we last communicated, you mentioned: I just had a discussion with Malory Graham sensei (of Seattle Aikikai) and we were discussing some of the reasons that Aikido membership in the States is declining. She believes, and I agree, that it is mainly bad teaching. To be a good teacher, you first have to haveContinue reading “CREATING TEACHERS – CHRIS MULLIGAN”
Protective Arts 