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Martial Arts Musings: Nitobe's Soul of Bushido - Institutions of Suicide and Redress
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Saturday, May 14, 2016. Nitobe's Soul of Bushido - Institutions of Suicide and Redress. Foreword and Musings by Dwight. The Institutions of Suicide and Redress. The acme of self-control is reached and best illustrated in the first of the two institutions which we shall now bring to view; namely, The Institutions of Suicide and Redress of which (the former known as hara-kiri and the latter as kataki-uchi) many foreign writers have treated more or less fully. When we are told so minutely by his pupils how ...
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Martial Arts Musings: June 2016
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Digrassi His True Art of Defense - The Case of Rapiers Part 1. Protect yourself from 16th century fencing A-holes! In this section, we will review dual rapiers! Of the Case of Rapiers. And there-fore a man ought to accustom his body, arms and hands as well to strike as defend. And he which is not much practiced and exercised therein, ought not to make profession of this art: for he shall find himself to be utterly deceived. The Manner How to Handle Two Rapiers. Digrassi His True A...
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Martial Arts Musings: Donovan's the Roosevelt That I Know Part 7
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Donovan's the Roosevelt That I Know Part 7. Would you spar with the President of the United States? What about the rotund Roosevelt? Well, Professor Mike Donovan was an avid sparring partner of President Roosevelt in the late 1800s. He wrote a book about his experiences in 1909, titled "The Roosevelt That I Know". Mike Donovan was considered one the best practitioners of the sweet science at the time. This section discusses another boxer at the time, John Sullivan.
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Martial Arts Musings: January 2016
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Thursday, January 28, 2016. Nitobe's Soul of Japan Bushido - Education and Training a Samurai. In this section, Inazo Nitobe discusses the training and education of the samurai class. He discusses the social patterns that samurai took almost no part in, such as finance,. And science. The samurai are all about action and a little less science. Nitobe's Education and Training a Samurai. Life being regarded as the means whereby to serve his master, and its ideal being set. A few words of explanation. Gr...
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Martial Arts Musings: Digrassi His True Art of Defense - The Case of Rapiers Part 2
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Digrassi His True Art of Defense - The Case of Rapiers Part 2. Protect yourself from 16th century fencing A-holes! Learn techniques and thoughts from treatise of old as we explore Digrassi's His True Art of Defense. Now we move onto explore part 2 of a case of dual Rapiers. The Rapier originated in Spain. It is a slender pointed sword with a beautifully designed protective hilt. Generally used for thrusting. Of the Hurt of the Broad Ward at the Two Rapiers. Therefore when any ...
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Martial Arts Musings: August 2016
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Digrassi His True Art of Defense - The Case of Rapiers Part 2. Protect yourself from 16th century fencing A-holes! Learn techniques and thoughts from treatise of old as we explore Digrassi's His True Art of Defense. Now we move onto explore part 2 of a case of dual Rapiers. The Rapier originated in Spain. It is a slender pointed sword with a beautifully designed protective hilt. Generally used for thrusting. Of the Hurt of the Broad Ward at the Two Rapiers. Therefore when any ...
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Martial Arts Musings: Donovan's the Roosevelt That I know Part 6
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Donovan's the Roosevelt That I know Part 6. Would you spar with the President of the United States? What about the rotund Roosevelt? A Good Political Prophet. So you didn't vote of Parker? Professor "Mike" looked at me comically and if I had been a man I think he would have given me a playful top on the ribs. "Ha! I asked. "Not if it ain't too bad. A boxer don't need good enough sight to see the color of the other man's eyes; all he needs is to be able to see the shifting m...And I...
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Martial Arts Musings: September 2016
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Sunday, September 25, 2016. Nitobe's Bushido Soul of Japan - The Training and Position of Woman. The Training and Position of Woman. It was a great pity that this high ideal was left exclusively to priests and moralists to preach, while the samurai went on practicing and extolling martial traits. In this they went so far as to tinge the ideals of womanhood with Amazonian character. Here we may profitably devote a few paragraphs to the subject of the training and position of woman. Fencing and similar exe...
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Martial Arts Musings: Nitobe's Bushido Soul of Japan - The Sword The Soul of the Samurai
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Saturday, July 2, 2016. Nitobe's Bushido Soul of Japan - The Sword The Soul of the Samurai. The true soul of the Samurai lived within the sword. What craftsmanship went into each and every sword! The samurai were certainly adept with the sword. Which could be viewed as an art form, from drawing to sheathing the sword. Luckily in this section, Nitobe Inazo discusses the very soul of the samurai, the sword. ( Corresponding Podcast. The Sword: The Soul of the Samurai. The answer is unequivocally, no! What a...
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Martial Arts Musings: May 2016
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Donovan's the Roosevelt That I know Part 6. Would you spar with the President of the United States? What about the rotund Roosevelt? A Good Political Prophet. So you didn't vote of Parker? Professor "Mike" looked at me comically and if I had been a man I think he would have given me a playful top on the ribs. "Ha! I asked. "Not if it ain't too bad. A boxer don't need good enough sight to see the color of the other man's eyes; all he needs is to be able to see the shifting m...And I...
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