Hector kills Patroclus who is wearing Achilles’ armor. Hector takes the armor as a spoil. Thetis, Achilles’ mother, pleads with Hephaestus to make her son new armor worthy of him to wear when he returns to battle. The smithy god agrees and Homer spends many lines describing the newly forged armor. Each piece is gravenContinue reading “Crime and Natural Rights”
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SUEMONOGIRI
Tameshigiri, test cutting, is typically done using rolled straw mats that have been soaked in water to add density. The term “tameshi-giri” emphasizes the test of a blade’s sharpness – tameshi “to test” + giri “cut.” The older form was suemonogiri which focuses on the target; suemono “fixed/still object” + giri “cut.” A good explorationContinue reading “SUEMONOGIRI”
Protective Arts 