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Ki - The Definitive Answer
First, ki is misunderstood and glamorized by legendary mystically beliefs. Ki, or Chi in Chinese, is not mystical or mysterious. It is not some mystical force that can be projected or used in a manner outside of the individuals body....Show More Summary
Multitasking, eGeneration, and Self-Defense
I have a theory about multi-tasking and self-defense. I theorize that our eGeneration and our eSociety of today makes us easier targets for criminal activities. I theorize that today's eGeneration through technology are making themselves easier and easier victims. Show More Summary
The Forgotten Girl
On Sunday, I bought Swim Girl a new dress for her National Junior Honor Society induction. She tried on a bunch of dresses and chose the one she liked. Today, she put the dress on and took a good look at herself in the mirror. I don’t know what happened between Sunday and today, but [...]
Reverence
Sensei sometimes receive respect for what they are and what they are capable of. Sensei sometimes are venerated far above mere respect, they end up being revered by those who would follow their path. Sometimes sensei get elevated toShow More Summary
Common Sense
Common sense, what is this exactly and what has it to do with martial arts - karate and self-defense. Common sense is often thought of as a type of human perception based on a situation or facts also based on sound and prudent judgment. Show More Summary
Chinkuchi Push Up Bars
Read the first post here: Push Up BarsToday, Romney on a Yahoo group I watch provided us a link to Advincula's FaceBook site for Isshinryu. In that site I was first introduced to the chinkuchi push up bars. I have since tried to determine...Show More Summary
Informed and Situational Awareness
In a recent podcast produced and provided by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder on Mazlow and Criminals the guest, Rory Miller, spoke of how awareness is often spoken but not explained adequately. He and Mr. Kane spoke the term, "informed awareness." This got me to thinking about both informed awareness and situational awareness. Show More Summary
Chinkuchi - The Definitive Answer
In a recent e-post to Michael Clarke, and others, I was reminded that I seem to come back to this subject matter. It is because I am trying to put into words something that seemingly is only understood through a tactual training session. Show More Summary
Mastery Does Not Exist
You can be an expert on something but mastery? Mastery is not possible. Why not? Because to have mastery you have to know everything about everything. Can you have mastery of one discipline? No, because mastery of one discipline means you have to know everything about that one thing. Show More Summary
Goals
Lets take a look at self-defense. Lets remain within the arena of training. What are the things I feel most important to applying self-defense? First, you need to generate stopping power with your arms and hands and possible your legs and feet. Show More Summary
Kata and Methodologies
The argument about remaining true to the original kata has been argued time and agin over the last four decades of karate. There are excellent arguments for both sides. My point of view on the subject is remain true to the original kata...Show More Summary
Kinetic Energy
Energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion. In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion.[1] It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Show More Summary
Leaders and Leadership
Leadership in life as in martial arts is a great responsibility. What is a leader is actually the question and has many answers but in reality it comes down to just a simple thing, i.e. the ability to inspire others to follow you, to do things for you willingly and with vigor, and to follow to the death. Show More Summary
Learning from Youtube
I read an article that referenced learning from youtube. It then alluded to simply learning from video's so that would include movies, television, video's, DVD's and of course Youtube. The question then comes to mind, is this possible?...Show More Summary
Information on Rank
Let me begin by giving you the source of this synopsis on karate rank. You can read the entire article, "How the Masters Got Their Ranks: Origins of the Karate Rank System," written on the JudoInfo.com site ( http://judoinfo.com/karateranks.htm ). Show More Summary
Going to Ground
This is one of those things I discarded in my early years of practicing karate. I always felt going to ground in self-defense was stupid. I still feel that it is right. I also allowed my training to discard ground work because I was a "stand up karate-ka." That was stupid, a mistake. Show More Summary
Push Up Bars
Caveat: this is not to denigrate the chinkuchi push up bars nor the definition used for these devices. I don't mean to convey that this is either right or wrong or that this device is useful or not. I feel it is a good device to useShow More Summary
Reality Check: Making it work, making sense of it, attaching it to the reality of violence.
Today, I read another article at the Chiron Blog written eloquently by Mr. Rory Miller. First, go there and read this one. I especially appreciate two parts. The first part is his recommendation to write a little private essay on why you are not an expert. Show More Summary
New Things: The First or Second Try
Human nature tends to disregard things that don't work on the first or second try. It is not an ancient thing but rather a new thing influenced greatly by, first the industrial revolution, second by the eRevolution, and third by human evolution toward a greater need for instant gratification. Show More Summary
Character vs. Personality
When martial artists of old spoke of masters and experts they included that persons character. This person was not only proficient in the physical forms and applications of martial arts but they had a character that was serious, disciplined and honorable. Show More Summary
