Visual Anthropology of the Martial Way

Monday, August 24, 2009

12 weeks in

After a 12 year layoff from close quarters combat, I decided to start training again at http://www.realitydefense.com/. After 12 weeks the training has been excellent and eye opening.

Having a year of Aikido in England (Kai Shin Kai), two years of Filipino Martial Arts with Sifu Billy Bryant, and years of JKD with George Lee (Virginia George Lee), I realized I had a lot of skills but no context.

After accumulating years of theoretical knowledge around strategy, tactics, philosophy, etc I came to the realization that only through actual contact am I able to "understand" it.

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