On September 30, 2025, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University announced they had developed functional eggs from human skin cells. Immediately, I thought of Frank Herbert’s gholas. Duncan Idaho is the most-reborn man in Dune. From his first appearance on Arrakis, he is marked as archetype: Swordmaster of Ginaz, sensual, loyal, utterly alive. (JasonContinue reading “Gholas and the Eternal Golden Braid”
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From Cosmos to Multiverse
My introduction to cosmology was Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980). What struck me was Sagan’s cadence. He spoke slowly, almost reverently, as though the subject demanded awe before explanation. He framed knowledge as a moral duty: to understand our place, to cultivate humility in the face of immensity. The series worked because itContinue reading “From Cosmos to Multiverse”
TACHI DORI
The next several Saturday morning classes will be devoted to weapon-disarms, starting with sword, tachidori. Review this post from 2019 where I presented a slightly different matrix. The first class focused on three disarms from the outside line – two apricots (rising cut), ude kimi nage (under arm bar), and kotegaeshi (with nikkyo augmentation). TheContinue reading “TACHI DORI”
Protective Arts 