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Introduction Readers of my blog will be familiar with my view that "it is the man, not the art". However it has recently been said to me on an internet forum that this is nothing but a myth. Rather, it is contended, some arts are plainly better than others when it comes to applicability for civilian defence (something I shall label "practicality" for the purposes of this article). Principally this view has been expounded to me by "modern" combat sports practitioners who deride trad... Read More
True Warriors
If you understand, things are just as they are.
If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
Zen Maxim
My friend Kevin, who is now serving in Afghanistan, once asked me what my ultimate definition of a warrior is. I understand that my definition differs fr... Read More
The Hunted
The hunter can make many mistakes, the hunted, only one.
Native American Maxim
Most criminals are predators. They "hunt" for the weak, the unaware, and the unprepared. They can afford to make some mistakes and still survive to "hunt" another day. It may take sev... Read More
I’ve often heard it said that while modern “mixed martial arts” type tournaments (including UFC and Pride) are not real fighting, they are “about as @#$% close as you can get”.
It is certainly true that these sports (which I shall collectively label “MMA”) have a far higher level of “intensity” than many traditional martial arts. And by reference to “intensity” alone, mma is clearly closer to real fighting than, say, a taekwondo competition. Taekwondo competition... Read More
Introduction It was in the late '80s in South Africa where I first heard my teacher Lao Tze Bob Davies describe what he taught as a "civilian defence system". At the time I paid little attention. It seemed nothing more than another variant on the term "self-defence", perhaps with some extra resonance because of its contrast with the military training undertaken by conscripts in the apartheid regime's armed forces. However over the intervening years I have had occasion to consider this... Read More
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