Zanshin 残心 is the relaxed state of awareness visibly displayed by the practitioner’s posture at the end of the technique. Often instructors hide behind foreign lexicon to slather a mystic veneer on the martial arts. I am a pragmatic American and for me the terms need a better explanation and translation. I crib the title fromContinue reading “ZANSHIN AS THE PRESENTATION OF SELF”
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FLEXIBLE WEAPONS
Brian Pike of Silat Suffian Bela Diri provided an introduction to the scarf as a flexible weapon. Equipment first Flexible weapons as a generic category can include a wide variety of everyday objects – most of which were once readily available objects or farming tools, such as the latigo (whip), chains, rope, and daily dressContinue reading “FLEXIBLE WEAPONS”
Protective Arts 