Conquest Via Luxury

Tacitus wrote Agricola to honor his father-in-law, Cnaeus Julius Agricola, who died August 23, 93 CE.  After a short introduction (exordium, 1-3), Tacitus organized the work in three parts. In chapters 4 to 9, Tacitus narrates Agricola’s life before he became governor of Britain in 77 CE. In the second part (chapters 10-38), Tacitus covers Agricola’s governorship ofContinue reading “Conquest Via Luxury”

MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022

A much belated post on Mulligan sensei’s returned to Portland for a workshop weekend March 5 & 6, 2022. It was a welcome return to seminar training! On Saturday, he covered two basic forms of entry (ashi sabaki) as a precursor to the disarm class on Sunday. My subsequent classes were an homage to MulliganContinue reading “MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022”

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Before he died, my uncle Tony gifted me his first Italian edition of Il Fuoco (The Flame, 1900), signed by Gabriele D’Annunzio himself. I regret that I didn’t record where or why he acquired the book. He did teach himself Italian, but I don’t know if he mastered it sufficiently to read the original. IContinue reading “Gabriele D’Annunzio”