Chiron

I like categorizing things in threes. Don't know why, just have for as long as I can remember. Others do too, so I'm not alone. R...

At one time I was pretty sure I had my ego under control. I don't require or like a lot of attention. I don't have a need for credit...

Knowledge is power, as they say, and information is knowledge. The problem, one among many, is discerning what you know from what you think...

"I could be blogging this," I thought. Then I selfishly kept it to myself for a bit. Sipping a latte- a good latte, much better ...

"When the rainy season starts, respect the mud. They build four-storey buildings out of it that last for three thousand years. Don...

Almost. I've seen sunrise in Kuwait and the half moon over palms in Bagdhad. Drunk Turkish coffee in a small shop and chai made for us ...

Wow. For a second there I thought I would have to navigate the whole blog in Arabic. Almost to the final destination. I've had a few sho...

Steve Perry wrote yet another comment that deserves a lot of thought. He's right, and it's something I've wondered about myself...

It is possible to hit hard at lots of different ranges. The one-shot take out is rare, but it happens. When it happens, a lot of things ha...

Most of my time spent on military bases was in the eighties and early nineties. There have been a lot of changes. The senior officers and ...

So much going on, so much to write. Beautiful (muggy, sweaty, humid) Washington DC. Not enough time see the one tourist attraction that int...

Intimidating jail guards usually doesn't work that well.  The guy was big (6'3" and 275 according to his sheet) not fat- still ...

Steve Perry wrote a comment that needs to be dissected. It's a mix, in that part of it points up the weakness of analogy, part of it u...

It looks like I will get an exit interview after all. It won't be with any member of the command structure, not a sworn officer. I will ...

Hundreds of people in the wall. The names on the small bronze plaques belong to ashes, the bigger names on bigger bronze plaques belong to ...

I love the high desert. The sun beats down from a clear sky, white clouds scattered to the east, half a moon glows pale from the blue, the ...

It's time to share. Last Wednesday, I lit up a cigar.  I don't like cigars.  They taste nasty, they smell terrible but sometimes it...

In a comment on Persistence of Patterns, Ukemi pointed out some stuff that's worth worth going into. Using metaphors is always problema...

Steve wrote an excellent comment on the last post, the killer question: How do we get there from here?  How do you systematically teach cha...

One of the most fundamental differences between martial arts and violence is the goal. Most martial arts have a single definition of a win-...