Walking With The Tengu

By Matthew

A podcast exploring classic writings as they relate to the modern martial artist.

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Walking With The Tengu episodes:

November 24, 2018 Tengu's Sermon 02: Facing a bigger, stronger, untrained opponent.
In this episode we tackle the next part of the first chapter of the Tengugeijutsuron wherein Issai spends some time addressing facing a bigger, stronger, untrained opponent.
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November 10, 2018 Tengu's Sermon 01: Technique vs Principle and how can we contextualize something like "chi."
We dig into the first part of chapter 1 of "The Tengu's Discourse on the Martial Arts" in today's episode. Wherein the tengu talk a bit about technique versus principle and I spend some time justifying Chozanshi's use of the word "chi."
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November 02, 2018 Who was Issai Chozanshi the author of the Tengu's Sermon?
In our first supplemental episode, we briefly introduce Issai Chozanshi, the author of the work we'll be looking at for the next few months.
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12min
October 27, 2018 Tengu's Sermon: Preface - Not much has changed the last three hundred years.
In this episode we begin work on the text known as the "Tengu's Discourse on the Martial Arts." In the preface, written by a contemporary of the author it becomes obvious that things haven't changed all that much in the world of martial arts.
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13min
October 14, 2018 The Owl's Understanding
In this episode we consider a story about some hawks being jerks to an owl and the owl's totally cool response.
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References: Setsuninto--Katsujinken

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September 28, 2018 The Daoist story of the Archer and the Cliff. An ancient parable on high-stress combatives.
In this episode we look at a story that is over 2000 years old and how it's lessons on fear and stress are just as critical today to the modern martial artist as it was so long ago.
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10min
September 15, 2018 Transformation of the Sparrow and the Butterfly
In this episode we tackle a story from the Inaka Soshi about change and acceptance of one's state.
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8min
September 01, 2018 The Book of Five Rings: Slow is Smooth. Smooth is fast.
In this episode we take a look at a section of the classic Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi about speed.
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5min
September 01, 2018 What is a tengu anyway?
In this episode we take a brief look at what a tengu is and why I chose it as representative of this podcast.
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7min
September 01, 2018 Who Am I? What Am I Doing?
In this episode we talking briefly about what the plan is for this podcast. I relate a short example from Aesop's Fables and quickly address the challenges with some of the words found in classic martial arts texts.
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8min

FAQs about Walking With The Tengu:

How many episodes does Walking With The Tengu have?

The podcast currently has 110 episodes available.

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