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Echoes, today. I have an e-mail I haven't answered in several months on the dark consequences of understanding things. This morning, writing about the roots of conflict, I felt one of my own emotional denials� using Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, even as I wrote that a serial predator could be working from the highest level of self-actualization, just expressing his true self—I wanted it to NOT be true. I wanted progress and growth to always imply nobility. I wanted to believe that...

The seminar in Chehalis had an entirely different feel. Instead of a wide mix of different unarmed styles, the students were for the most part gun people with jujutsu backgrounds. It was a lot like being home.
Because of that, we were able to get to some stuff that I had to skip in Seattle-- blindfolded infighting, conceptual groundwork and power generation. Even a very short, sketchy class on how to design scenarios. On the other hand, they didn't get to see the ugly movies. It's always ...

Emotion came up on the post about Fight To and Fighting From. It comes up a lot. In a duel or a sparring match we are not just fighting a practitioner or a style, but a mass of tactics and subconscious rules and emotions. We fight angry people and fearful people- cold rage to resigned terror; timidity to thrashing panic to rage. You can't separate the emotion from the person from the conflict. You can, I suppose. Tell me how it works for you.
We all get emotional about different things, ...

First off, in five days (sorry for the late notice, if interested) there will be another seminar, Chehalis area this time. Information is . Don of the is taking head counts and giving directions.
MoV broke 70 reviews on Amazon and got my first bad one. That's cool. His argument appears to be that experience isn't transferrable so trying was inherently heretical... sigh.
Invited to fly out for three days to teach some private lessons in upstate New York. Didn't see that one coming.
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A long time ago I wrote about tricking me into a weapons . Been thinking about that, as well as a conversation between acquaintances on the efficiency or superiority of jo versus katana.

I stayed out of the conversation, but it was quickly apparent that I didn't see the problem the way the people arguing did. It ties back to that tournament. In the tournament (and it wasn't any big thing, just a small round robin among friends), I stuck with a shinai the whole time. I'm u...

I like PDX, as much as it is possible to like an airport. Free wifi and they have the last in the state. Which is sad, 'cause Coffee People do some great stuff.
On the way to Colorado to hammer out the basic course for Conflict Communications, get the website off its knees and get this thing rolling. We want to keep things quiet (a little) until the test run. A lot of that is my insecurity. My honest assessment of what we have created is that we have found the skeleton...

Thanks for the kind words about the seminar, everybody. Be careful, though... what you say in public may find its way into promos.
Read Jim's comment re "Permission" on the last post. Everything he said was right on, but it still needs to go further.
We are, all of us, masses of potential. No matter how unathletic or weak or uncoordinated we feel, we can still do amazing things with our bodies. We can run and climb and dance and if you don't feel like that, you can touch your thumb to each ...

Serendipity, and good friends. Finding out the seminar was sold-out and possibly over-booked was like a splash of cold water. Turning people away violated all my Irish hospitality genes, yet doing serious brawling, even at the low level necessary when you don't know everyone's background can get really dangerous when crowded�

Kris came through. Like a hero. One of his students manages a club. Phone calls were made. E-mails sent. And Saturday morning we got busy in a nightclub with t...

Just a quick note- the Seattle seminar February 20th is at capacity. Kris says we can't fit anymore people into the space.
Wow.

A domestic house cat can bite entirely through your thumbnail. I tell you this in case you are curious. No need to go out and experiment for yourself.
A long drive from one end of the state to another. Lots of not being asleep. There is a place in Pasco, Washington where the of irradiated humans are evaluated. Seeking knowledge in a warehouse with an autopsy room, I am struck once again by the huge gap between an expert's knowledge and the public's ill-informed fears.
Also struck ...