Chiron

Neil hit a critical point: " There are so many cognitive biases that I'm pretty convinced humans almost never act based on reason....

Walking out some internal stuff. Friend Steve Barnes put something up on FB: " I f your philosophy of life, politics, or humanity depe...

Going to try to capture the thought I woke up with this morning. It was about sacrifice throws, sutemi waza , and how many principles they i...

The bad guys have one or several preferred victim types. They go to the places where their types congregate. They choose the best prey from ...

This post is a cheat. I'm chatting with someone about crime and responses to crime and got tired of typing in the little box. And the co...

Words are powerful. The words you use can influence or even control other peoples' perceptions. And the words you think can influence or...

I've used the term in writing and, judging from e-mail, haven't ever adequately defined what I mean. If you've been victimized...

Just read a really terrible book purporting to be about safety. Ignorant, repetitive and pseudo-profound. According to the back cover, the ...

Two observations, unrelated to each other except for the barnyard metaphors. 1) I have officially decided to quit making fun of the chi-me...

Huh. Fell into a trap. This blog started as an anonymous place to unpack some stuff in my head. To think about events and ideas out loud and...

VioDy West in Oakland is coming up in three weeks, and Keelin, the coordinator, ordered me to write about it. So here goes-- Long ago, som...

Thought for the day. In the martial arts and self-defense, you hear a lot of crap about what will and won't work in the "real worl...

Mac says most things can be broken down in threes. Speed, surprise, violence of action. Power, speed precision. Move, shoot, communicate. Aw...

One of the things that makes communication difficult and some problems hard to solve is that very different things can be the same thing. ...

Made home-made mayonnaise last night. Spent five days in Wales with Murray. Five days with an old school British Officer, a Northern Rhodes...

Violence Dynamics 2015 was pretty spectacular. It will be hard to top next year. More on that later, maybe. During the drive to the airpor...

Getting back to this series. Got distracted by travel, training and good questions. Three more: #9 Think. #10 Do. #11 Don't Overcommit...

Don't confuse knowledgeable with smart. In this field, there are a handful of people I respect who have gathered their knowledge through...

Continuing. Betray yourself before your people "Betray" is a hard word, and, for me, this sentiment goes deeper. Substitute sac...

Terry Trahan posted something on FaceBook. Something important and iconic, and I want to play with it, the way I intend to play with Wilder ...