I had been forced to endure the presence of bullies for much of my young life; I would be damned if I was going to add to macho martial culture by producing martial arts bullies through my teaching!

204  Heroes of the Rising Phoenix Martial Arts Academy  Part 1.2

The Martial Brain Podcast explores the intersection between the martial arts, scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and that wacky organ that floats between our ears.  It is part of Jeff Westfall's effort to help lift the martial arts out of the quagmire of hundreds of years of magical thinking and misconception.

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Remember the words of Voltaire who said "anyone who can convince you of absurdities can get you to commit atrocities."

235  The Forgotten  War  Part 24

The Pulahans arose from a specific cauldron of local grievances, traditional values, and foreign interference that so often gives rise to millennial movements.

234  The Forgotten War  Part 23

The story of the Pulahan War is a sad tale of exploitation visited on the poorest of the poor Filipinos, leading them down the rabbit hole of fanaticism
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The Forgotten War  Part 22

The stories of these six regiments extend beyond the war in the Philippines.

The Forgotten War  Part 21

"I want to tell you that we are not bandits as the Americans have accused. but members of the revolutionary force that defended our mother country, the Philippines!"

204 Heroes of the Rising Phoenix Martial Arts Academy Part 1.2

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