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Robert W. Smith passes
Michael Demarco, editor of the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, passed along the news that Robert W. Smith has passed away. Even if, as is likely, you’re familiar with his work, you’ll still likely be surprised what all you can find in his impressive bibliography at EJMAS here. You can also find some Smith correspondence [...]
20% Off Books This Week
Get 20% off any Lulu.com books for the next week, such as mine here or check out some others like Kirk’s WMA Books or Tony’s material. Terms: Enter coupon code SUNSHINE305 at checkout and receive 20% off your order. The maximum savings for this coupon is $250. Offer good towards print costs only – shipping [...]
Girl Gangs of London
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but Brian McDonald’s Gangs of London sure doesn’t look like much from it’s barebones Amazon UK page.
A Position on Dueling
The Schofield Kid: [after killing a man for the first time] It don’t seem real… how he ain’t gonna never breathe again, ever… how he’s dead. And the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger. Will Munny: It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he’s got and [...]
25% Off Books This Week at Lulu
Get 25% off any Lulu.com books, such as mine here or check out some others like Kirk’s WMA Books or some of Tony’s material or even Ralph’s recent Americane book. Just enter the code WINTER305 at checkout for 25% off the base price. You can only use it once per account, but you can use [...]
Get 15% off The New Science: Weaponless Defense
I haven’t posted about it yet (although you may have seen the ad on the site), but the latest reprint is Frank S. Lewis’ The New Science: Weaponless Defense. I was pleased with the way it came out, thanks in large part to some generous tips by Kirk Lawson. You probably know about this very [...]
JJ Humor
A TALE OF JIU-JITSU.
Early Days at the Bartitsu Club
Here are some clippings from that early period when E. W. Barton-Wright first opened the Bartitsu Club, those days prior to the import of his jujutsu experts. There are a couple of reasons I like these. First, the issues of class (perhaps bigotry as well?) in Victorian society are readily acknowledged, but rarely felt by [...]
The Cultural Divide
You might be a survivalist if the Number One tip in your list of additional uses for salt is to 1. Soak stained bandanas in salt water before washing to help eliminate the stains. I had to chuckle picturing someone
Fifth Manly Arts Day in Maryland
This is without a doubt the best martial arts value you will see this year!
Not the Will to Win
Sometimes I get Rory Miller, sometimes I don’t. He knocked it out of the park the other day with a succinct post on why it’s not the will to win that’s important, but the will to prepare to win.
Cholitas Luchadoras
The August 2010 issue of National Geographic has a gorgeous article on the recent popularity of the Cholitas Luchadoras, the female wrestlers in Bolivia who perform in traditional garb. Luckily the complete article is online, along with the picture gallery, which doesn’t quite do justice to the print version, but is definitely worth a look. [...]
Failure
Failure is not an option, it’s a fact of life. The challenge, of course, is how the inevitable is faced. J. D. Roth, of Get Rich Slowly, recently put together a piece called Failure is Okay, which examines how successful people move forward when things don’t go as planned. It might seem odd to
The First Thanksgiving
You’ve probably read a number of heartwarming Thanksgiving posts over the last day or two. I’ve decided to go a different direction with this tale of the first Thanksgiving and Pilgrim/Native American relations. Enjoy this account from Lossing’s History of the United States (1909).
Who can punch the softest?
Weston, of facetious memory, having borrowed on note the sum of five pounds, and failing in payment, the gentlman who had lent the money took occasion to talk of it in a public coffee-house, which caused Weston to send him a challenge. Being in the field, the gentleman, a little tender in point of courage, [...]
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