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The brain is smooth tonight, no ripples of knowledge or waves of insight, just a soft, squishy, lump. Sometimes I have those nights with nothing to write about– I’ll just enjoy the silence and hope the brain springs back tomorrow. I do have a thought I’d like to explore, though. It’s something I think I [...]

. . . I just spent the last hour watching some of the old Gracie Challenge matches on you tube. They’re still entertaining. I watched one with Jason “Mayhem” Miller too, he lost. It’s amazing to watch the older footage of the other martial artists. To witness the destruction of their reality. You train kung-fu [...]

The work comes when we’re alone—the hard work anyway. When we accomplish our goals it is never at the finish line, it is always before that. When it’s just I and me, alone, doing the things we don’t want to do—but do in the name of success. The hard work comes when we’re alone. It’s [...]

David Diguagnco, kendo master and mild mannered presenter, did a wonderful job of presenting the art of the sword. Two things stuck with me after the lecture, one was the idea that there were actually professional sword testers in feudal Japan that tied bodies together (usually dead prisoners) and cut through them to test the [...]

I’ve been over and over these techniques (professor Sauer’s 88), learning and teaching them, and after I watched this, I found things that I didn’t know, things that were new. That’s why we should always go back, back to the beginning. We should revisit what we think we know, and we’ll undoubtedly be surprised with [...]

. . . In life it seems that we are always pressured to move forward–always forward, rarely back. The back roll in jiu-jitsu is taking that backward motion and adding momemtum to it, so that even if you’re going backwards all is not lost, you will still end up on your feet. Sometimes it’s necessary [...]

In this video one, of the students being interviewed talks about the idea of fighting against yourself, to me, that is what every sport affords us. It allows us to conquer ourselves, to face our fears and bridle our emotions. There is really no opponent in jiu-jitsu, it is really us fighting ourselves. Although I’m [...]

So, this Saturday West Side will be hosting a lecture and demonstration on Kendo (11 am-12 pm). I thought I would find something to show it in a modern setting. I like this video for the simple fact that these are young people participating in the art, not the stereotypical ancient masters, but college students. [...]

. . . I rode my bike to school today, and I would just like to thank the Lord for the 21 speeds on my bike. I damn near died. I live on a hill, so the ride down was great, wind blowing through the dreads, minimal pedaling, just holding on and steering. Riding home, [...]

. . . I can’t find a “T” ruler I need desperately and the longer I can’t find it, the more angry I get. Logically, it’s nothing to be mad at, it’s just a ruler, I can get one at the school tomorrow and finish what I’m doing then, but I feel my temper rising. [...]

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