Knowing the heritage and the history of your art is important. We are not so far removed from the origins of the art. O’Sensei (Morihei Ueshiba) had a direct influence on several of the shihans still teaching today, and his son (the second Doshu) was still teaching when I trained in Japan. All of us have a directContinue reading “LINEAGE AND LEGACY”
Category Archives: Reference Materials
JODAN
Funes the Memorious by Borges, for me, is a poignant reminder of the dangers of specificity – missing the forest for the trees. Funes focuses only on the details to the point that everything is unique – he has no ability to form connections to extrapolate a general pattern. There is a deep lesson here. Concentrate too heavilyContinue reading “JODAN”
SIZE EQUALS DISPARITY OF FORCE
“Defensive Tactics With Flashlights” by John Peters (1982) pp. 156-158. The chart is from Juste David Myers – the work cited was an unpublished manuscript (“Close Quarter Combat” 1982), which doesn’t appear to have ever gone to print. Nevertheless, the matrix shows a presumptive survival ratio based on physical size. Peter’s book primarily is an instructionalContinue reading “SIZE EQUALS DISPARITY OF FORCE”
Protective Arts 