Fevers can come from a lot of different things. I was taught that sometimes it is simply the way your body kills viruses, or at least keeps them from reproducing. The fever is part of the process of healing. The virus is the problem, not the fever. The fever is not just a symptom, it … [Read more…]
I don’t write about domestic violence, because I don’t feel I know enough about it. I know, I know, that doesn’t seem to stop most ‘experts’ in any field… but, flippancy aside, understanding violence is important. Misinformed people get hurt. Passing bad information, even if it makes you feel good, victimizes the people who listen. … [Read more…]
I separate knowledge and belief. There are things you don’t know. There are things you can’t know. There is a vanishingly small number of things that any person truly knows. And there are a large number of things that we ‘know’ with varying levels of confidence. Most of the universe is composed of things I don’t know. … [Read more…]
No experienced instructor is right. No inexperienced instructor can know when they are wrong.As instructors, we are sure about many things. My experience is that as the experience increases, the sense of being sure diminishes. With only training and without experience, we learn all this stuff and we learn a framework of logic or maybe … [Read more…]
Good playtime with KJ yesterday. He wanted to work infighting defense against elbows, specifically elbow flurries. Ergo, we both had bloody lips and big smiles before we broke for lunch. Infighting is not like fighting at striking range. As I use it, it is also different than the other player’s concept of infighting. It’s not … [Read more…]
Lots of comments on the last post (Martial Mistakes) and some of them require more thoughtful answers than I can do in a short space. Preamble, though: there is a reason why SD and martial arts are so ripe for misinformation. One, of course, is that so little of it is tested by so few … [Read more…]
Trying to brainstorm something for mixed environment (urban/rural, hot/cold, etc.) survival every day carry. I like working from basic principles forward or from goals backwards. Completely setting aside the fact that there is no actual need to live (can’t be, since there is this inconvenient 100% mortality rate) in order to live, what are your … [Read more…]
This is that question Tiffany asked yesterday: So… today in class we were having a discussion on bullying. Having been bullied as a child I made the comment that I was against it and stop it when I see it happening. A girl turned to me and said that bullying happens, its normal, and to … [Read more…]
I was asked a while ago to put something together for Bullying. It’s getting a lot of press. There are a lot of programs, and people seeking more. I refused. The simple fact is that the people who want those programs want a magic solution and there have only ever been two things that work … [Read more…]
It’s not just you. It’s not just the threat. There is a layered interplay between and through the involved people in any situation. It is affected by other people who might be around (witnesses and also audience) and even geography. People who feel trapped respond very differently than people who feel free to leave. The … [Read more…]