Class on Tuesday: Knives
Ah the knife, such a simple vicious little weapon. The best murder weapon since man picked up a sharp rock and learned how to make it sharper. It’s a lot like chess; it’s simple to use but hard to use well.
We had fun hacking and slashing at each other in class and learned some cool stuff and I thought I would expand on the purely physical training with some reality do’s and don’t s on the knife.
The Importance of Being Iced
So, I love to fight. Obviously, else I wouldn’t be here, getting a weekly pummelling and then writing about it. In particular, I love to fight either barely armed, or completely unarmed. I love the circling, the dodging, the strategy and the sweat. But above all, I love the impact. I love the feeling of elation that comes from recieving a good shot to the stomach, jaw, or leg, the surge of adrenaline that spurs you to do all those diabolical things, and more, to your opponent.
It doesn’t come cheap, though, this primal love of martial violence. Read the rest of this entry »
But Could Probably Be (And Most Likely Have Been) Used As One Anyways:
Chopsticks
Plastic knives
Dowels
Dowels covered with duct tape so they look like they’re made of metal
Art of Marozzo: Intro
Marozzo is a vastly misunderstood martial artist. There are some notable people doing good work with the manual…for some of them see the “Links” section on the sidebar…but most people I’ve run across either ignore Marozzo for being too complex, or else only have the most superficial knowledge, and try to make it seem like more than it is.
In an effort to strip away some of the illusions and misconceptions, we are going to work through Marozzo’s manual, one little step at a time. We’ll use William Wilson’s translation, because most of the readers here are English monoglots. I heartily encourage learning enough Italian to understand the original text, though.
In my opinion there are two equally dangerous mindsets that are all too common. The first is the notion that the world, or at least our fair city, is a safe and secure place where you can walk the street with your eyes cast down and your ipod plugged into your head without a care in the world. The second, and perhaps far more foolish concept is that the world is an evil place and a person is never safe when walking alone at night.
I find the latter to be far more deplorable.
Virtue and the Martial Arts
“I put to you that a man who is highly trained in the art of combat and the wielding of a weapon, who ignores the contemplation of virtue is at best a thug and at worst a tyrant.” – Ken Cooper
I have time and time again wondered why men fight each other. They do it over the most absurd things; a spilt beer, a misspoken or misheard word, even just to alleviate boredom. This is a symptom of a society who has lost the ability to tell right thought from their own need for gratification.
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