At 6 AM I was wakened by an intermittent pop-pop … pop. It wasn’t the dog. What was it? Sluggish and slow, I got out of bed to investigate. Not the cats nor the kids. Moving to the kitchen I saw the open window and realized it was the roofers starting early on my neighbor’sContinue reading “Sound and Sanity”
Category Archives: Reference Materials
ANATOMY CHANGES
First published in 2020, a paper documenting anatomical changes shows an increased prevalence of an additional artery in the forearm. Analysis of the literature showed that the presence of the median artery has been significantly increasing (p = .001) over time, from approximately 10% in people born in the mid-1880s to approximately 30% by the end ofContinue reading “ANATOMY CHANGES”
WAKIZASHI
My first historical Japanese sword, forged by the first Hizen Kuni Kawachi Daijyo Fujiwara Masahiro, a swordsmith of the Nabeshima clan who created a unique hamon with the grandson of the first Tadayoshi. He changed his name to Masahiro November 2 in the 2nd year of Kanei (1624) and received Kawachi Daijyo in May ofContinue reading “WAKIZASHI”
Protective Arts 