To repeat: "Given the extensive evidence for rapid, unconscious processing of sensory cues, of powerful and automatic learning of patterns, and...
What a peculiar thing to say. Given the cultural pervasiveness of the concept of a "danger" or "sixth sense," and the huge safety and military...
As someone once said to me, the aim of boot camp isn't to get the recruits to hit the target, it's to make sure they pull the trigger. As I...
this video of the Jigen-ryu Having just come across the above video, I thought it was worth sharing here. There's been a few discussions about...
I hardly wish to defend this -- every aspect of it is poor -- but I'm curious as to why you think his sheathing doesn't make sense. I would...
A shared experience, especially in the face of adversity or challenge, can certainly create community, kinship, brotherhood, what have you. There...
I've heard people make that claim, but it's manifestly not true. I take everyone opportunity I get to check out Japanese armour in museums etc to...
Even most koryu bujutsu (to bring us back to the forum ;) ) was frequently syncretic until relatively recently. There are exceptions, and the...
Conversely, as one of the senior students when I started used to reprimand people, "less talk, more chop."
I've done the rag-in-a-line cleaning on special occasions where the act of cleaning itself was meant to be significant -- the first practice of...
It's a shame you didn't stick around for the sparring, as -- speaking as someone who trains essentially exclusively through kata -- I have no...
The odds are likely that it's one of the swords that were mass-produced in the early 20th century using contemporary metalworking techniques (and...
Having said that, there are some interesting parallels between MAD and military thought immediately prior to WWI. Both the Germans and the French...
I think Chadderz is referring to a separate practice. Taryu jiai were actual duels fought between members of different schools, fought for the...
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