I have been presenting sword-takes away from the paired sword form san-no-tachi. The reason to show the disarms from a paired sword exercise is to train the visual system to recognize how the moment in time looks and to teach sensitivity in weapon engagements. Form 1 is done on after the first kirikaeshi. Shidachi executesContinue reading “TACHI DORI (Forms 1 and 2)”
Category Archives: Reference Materials
UKEME – HIGHLINE STRIKES
These posts – and most of my classes – as I stated in my Introduction, are pedagogical experiments: My attempt to understand, explain, explicate and communicate the why and how of each technique to derive universal principles. My last several classes have explored shomen-uchi kokyu nage direct. I have presented it as a three-beat response:Continue reading “UKEME – HIGHLINE STRIKES”
Positive News: Violent Crime, Mental Health
Steven Pinker posted the >link< on Twitter – here is the text: ____________________________ Traditional news outlets might have you believing otherwise, but the developed world is getting safer The world is getting safer according to the World Bank’s latest homicide figures and crime survey data from England and Wales crunched by the UK’s Office for National StatisticsContinue reading “Positive News: Violent Crime, Mental Health”
Protective Arts 