In the realm of armed (meaning fire arms) self-defense, the most frequent categorization of the population is a three-part segmentation: sheep, wolves and sheepdogs. (Reminds me of Bloch’s segmentation of Feudal society.) A sheep is a productive member of society – the ‘normal’ people who would only hurt one another by accident. Violence has little or noContinue reading “SELF-PRESERVATION”
Tag Archives: Chiba
KOKYUHO
From seigan no kamai we explored the irimi entry which in essence is a slip to the outside line. Kokyuho from seigan no kamai is a cross body line – the lead hand remains in contact while the free hand strikes the opponent’s chin crossing the center line. From here we can take a humble breath exerciseContinue reading “KOKYUHO”
THE TRUE TIMES
In our lineage, weapons training derives from Kazuo Chiba Sensei (February 5, 1940 – June 5, 2015) who learned the systematized forms from Morihiro Saito Sensei (March 31, 1928 – May 13, 2002) at Iwama (see below). The details of the connections are better kept as kadensho, but suffice to note that others have influenced theContinue reading “THE TRUE TIMES”
Protective Arts 