Chiron

I do rear and left flank security as the small convoy tears through city streets and into the wasteland. The spotter is good, very good. So ...

One of my enduring fantasies is the Zombie Apocalypse scenario. The dead walk the earth: rotting, shambling hordes of cannibalistic undead a...

Can't do full disclosure at this time, so just an update: Things will be in flux for awhile. Internet access should be fine but time wil...

...and the thing about horses. Dr. Kevin likes horses. A lot. More importantly, he's doing some good work with them, healing some people...

One of my Psychology Professors espoused that all humans are looking for “unconditional positive regard”. They seek someone who will look at...

Writing about koolaid and martial arts cults had me all set to go off on a rant.  I do know, personally and by reputation, people that I con...

“They drank the koolaid” is our shorthand for martial artists who have displayed even low levels of cult-like behavior. It is a reference to...

Jodan uke. The upper block. We practiced doing line drills. Uke would step in with his right foot as we stepped back with our left. His righ...

Sorry about the long break. I've been doing quite a bit of writing, just not here. A handful of people have asked me to look at their id...

This is some bedrock stuff- not 'what I think' but 'how I think'.  IME, most of it is pretty common in people in high risk p...

I wanted to open this with a big paragraph about how I don't usually write about politics and that this isn't referring to anything ...

Got interviewed. To myself I sound like a bumbling, nasal idiot. Both of us were dead tired and it was done over a computer from across a se...

Here's a problem.  Martial arts are usually taught from a tool- or skill-based perspective.  What are the basics of your system? Strike ...

Communication is never pure. Steve points out that everyone brings their own axes and there is no guarantee that they are really listening w...

Going over the fiction I wrote for nano and I have to cut two pieces. They just don't really fit. So, hey, I'll post them here. Just...

Martial arts, combatives training, is part of my risk management strategy. I have spent the better part of the last two decades in close pro...

First, "Five Dragons" got it. D was the 500th post on the blog, DI the 501st. I was starting to worry that no one would get it unt...

Do The Math Here's an example- closed fist strikes to the head.  I know, personally, five people who have been sent to the hospital for ...

I was going to explain enlightenment- you know, "abiding non-dual awareness" today. Maybe later. Instead, Chris called me out on ...

This all started with violence and dominance and good comments that were just a bit off but all seemed to be connected at a level I couldn...