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KI/KOKYUHO – internal power and its cognates

For this post, I amplify Master Keating’s thoughts and imbed links to make more clear what he was imparting. Study these concepts, they pertain to your Aikido training as well: ______________________ In Kung Fu to issue forth a blast of energy (force) from any place on your body is known as “Fa-jing“. It is what Bruce LeeContinue reading “KI/KOKYUHO – internal power and its cognates”

Better Angels

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”

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”