tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post8398027449042813399..comments2024-03-15T01:34:45.154-07:00Comments on Chiron: No Passing GradeRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-16315749479177918722010-06-06T16:21:40.185-07:002010-06-06T16:21:40.185-07:00At a great Sayoc Kali seminar (hosted by Warrior&#...At a great Sayoc Kali seminar (hosted by Warrior's Way in Wichita Falls -- an awesome dojo with awesome people), Tuhon Tom Kier mused aloud about people regarding us as lunatics for training... well, like lunatics.<br /><br />"You'll train for thirty years," he said, "so you can survive that thirty seconds of hell -- and live thirty more years."<br /><br />Made damn good sense to us.Tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353406161801417939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-20058534845610417192010-06-06T09:44:06.621-07:002010-06-06T09:44:06.621-07:00Very zen; maybe shading into EST ...
The realizat...Very zen; maybe shading into EST ...<br /><br />The realization that one is going to die in the long run no matter what, is important. <br /><br />I'm not sure that knowledge is particularly helpful in the short run. <br /><br />Sure, if you win 99 fights you could lose the hundredth and having that sense of confidence you can't lose isn't acknowledging the possibility. But I'm not seeing how the notion that you could lose helps you to win, which I see as the goal of training. To up your chances of survival.<br /><br />If the Chinese army comes over the hill and you offer a stand-up fight, you are going to be outgunned.<br /><br />So?<br /><br />Of course you could lose. Bulletproof vests aren't -- every kind of armor has something that will pierce it.<br /><br />Not being there is a guarantee you won't lose that battle, and that's sometimes the best move, but that isn't always going to be possible or even desirous, is it? <br /><br />Then what?Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-6585272546002513162010-06-05T20:30:47.851-07:002010-06-05T20:30:47.851-07:00Wow. Anyone else feel like Rory's in their he...Wow. Anyone else feel like Rory's in their head half the time?<br /><br />Good addition, Kai.Tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353406161801417939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-15533226204586976692010-06-05T18:05:57.539-07:002010-06-05T18:05:57.539-07:00From a book I just finished reading a couple of da...From a book I just finished reading a couple of days ago, "Shakespeare's Counselor" by Charlaine Harris:<br /><br /><i>"I don’t know why everyone feels like they’re supposed to be safe all the time.”<br /><br /> Jack raised an eyebrow in a questioning way. <br /><br /> “Think about it,” I said. “No one expected to be safe until this century, if you read a little history. Think of the thousands of years before – years with no law when the sword ruled. No widespread system of justice; no immunizations against disease. The local lord free to kill the husbands, the husbands free to rape and kill their wives. Childbirth often fatal. No antibiotics. It’s only here and now that women are raised believing they’ll be safe. And it serves us false. It’s not true. It dulls our sense of fear, which is what saves our lives.”</i>Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.com