What's the point of talking about philosophy and the martial arts? How could this even be a practical thing for a modern martial artist to engage in? I suggest in this episode that you can take three concrete steps in just about any martial art, that will improve your ability to overcome challenges in life.

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We get started on the final chapter in the Tengu's sermon where the tengu discuss which weapon is best and give us some pointers on both good posture and how to learn from farmers and laborers.

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References: 

Issai Chozanshi: "The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts"

Ellis Amdur's "Hidden In Plain Sight"

We finish out chapter 3 tying together all these ideas into a coherent end point. We get some insight into why "secret techniques" are both important and don't exist.

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Today the tengu gives us some thoughts on initiative and conditioning. 

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Some clarification on suigetsu and we visit the word zanshin, a concept that could impact every single real-life potentially combative scenario you will ever face.

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Wherein we tackle some seemingly nonsensical phrases like to be moving but not moving and words like suigetsu (water reflecting the moon) and how underneath both apply to the most serious of modern combatives.

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What do we mean when we say "traditional" or "modern" martial art? Is there a better way we could approach this topic? We explore this idea and look at a possible alternative framework based more on the traits of a style rather than approaching each with our narrow preconceived notions. For more information check out our reading list. 

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The paper referenced in this episode is: Martial arts studies as Kulturwissenschaft: A possible theoretical framework Author: Sixt Wetzler  https://mas.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/abstract/10.18573/j.2015.10016/

Finishing out chapter 2 the tengu gives us some thoughts on teaching the martial arts to children.

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We continue chapter 2 with some serious talk about lanterns. 

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In today's episode we revisit the work of Zhuangzi with a look at a particularly skill butcher and how this works in understanding what is meant when someone talks about a "Way" or "the Way."

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