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”
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HUMAN FRAILTY
The human body has numerous design flaws. Poor eyesight (40% of Europeans and 75% of Asians need corrective lenses), an optic blind spot, choking remains a problem (air and food enter via the same tube), etc.; simply stated, humans could be better engineered. But our big brains and the division of labor allowed us to become theContinue reading “HUMAN FRAILTY”
GYAKU HANMI KATATE DORI KOTEGAESHI
Gyaku hanmi katate dori kotegaeshi can be broken down into its constituent movements. I am trying to ‘teach to the test’ and therefore present the ‘how to’ step by step mechanics and this morning we built from the understanding of the axis of the encounter. Gyaku hanmi katate dori eliminates many variables because the encounter startsContinue reading “GYAKU HANMI KATATE DORI KOTEGAESHI”
Protective Arts 