Walking With The Tengu

Have you ever been traveling, stuck somewhere, or whatever reason not been able to get in some training?

Today I share for exercises for squeezing some extra training into your day that I've included in a little pocket volume that you can find here:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/matthew-krueger/pocket-training-volume-1/paperback/product-e7pqmyv.html

It contains a collection of short quotes from mostly classical works with a short meditation and paired with an overt and a covert training prompt. I have sourced these from Boxing, BJJ, Judo, Sumo, Shuai Jiao, and Iaido. These 12 solo exercises, 6 overt, 6 covert, can benefit anyone who practices just about any martial art. There is a brief description of each in the back.

What can one learn from a video instructional from a classical Japanese martial art? I think quite a bit, though it may not immediately be obvious.

There are two ideas from the latest OHIR instructional that I think can be applied to any martial art. A lesson on initiative and a lesson on chaining techniques within the tempo of an encounter.

Ono-ha Itto-ryu Volume 1: Kiriotoshi

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/izt1d

Classical Martial Arts Ideas

https://walkingtengu.wixsite.com/tengu/post/classical-martial-arts-ideas

Today we look at just a small set of the lessons to be found in Jonathan Bluestein's book "The Martial Arts Teacher"

These include assuming the best in different situations and the methods and ways of structuring a curriculum.

You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Martial-Arts-Teacher-Practical-Guide/dp/B0C6VWP6NP

Today we look at the first book from the "Secrets of Itto-ryu" by Sasamori Junzo and translated by Mark Hague.

Ono-ha Itto-ryu is closely linked with Kendo and was one of the two styles of swordsmanship personally patronized by the Tokugawa Shogunate.

In this text we learn some lessons from the life and mistakes of the founder of the Itto-ryu, Ito Ittosai Kagehisa. Lessons both relevant and important to every martial artist today.

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When an atrocity is committed against someone, are they justified in committing an atrocity in return?

We look at what is a justifiable response in today's episode.

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Today we have two short parables that contain big lessons for martial artists and we look at how this applies to determining if a martial art is useful.

Find out how a bottle gourd, a hand cream, a twisted tree and a yak relate to determining how useful a martial art is.

References:

https://ctext.org/zhuangzi/enjoyment-in-untroubled-ease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_Shi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi_(book)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_raccoon_dog

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I've talked about a few of my confrontations over the years and how they all amounted to nothing happening. Today, I relate the story of the same thing happening to a training partner of mine and how he lived his martial art in his daily life and was able to face physical violence and achieve an acceptable "win condition."

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The bad neighbor Hrolleif finally gets justice served after killing Ingimund. Though Thorstein uses quite a bit of strategy to bring it about.

Find out how Jokul hiding in a wood-pile brings about the wretched Hrolleif's demise.

Maps of locations mentioned in the Sagas: sagamap.hi.is

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I again tackle the topic of etiquette in the martial arts, why American culture is dying, why etiquette is a reflection of the health of a society, and how this relates a the stability of human society.

Can the martial arts help?