Enter the Dragon!

A couple of days ago 2008 post of mine, The Broader Meaning of Kuzushi , was picked up by Aikido Journal and featured in their blog. Nice!  Not only that, but one of their readers, Dan Rubin, was able to point me to the likely source of the quotation in the top left corner of this blog: The source of the quotation is cited as “unknown.” I thought you might like to know that the analysis, if not the exact quotation, is that of Donn Draeger in Classical Budo (1973), at page 11 (and elsewhere): “...a number of preconceptions and rigid beliefs about the relationship of the bujutsu (classical martial arts of self-protection) to the budo (classical martial ways of self-perfection) prevent a true understanding of these disciplines.” Thanks Dan!

Freeze-frame: mid-slap Who would have thought that a slap to the face could rearrange it, albeit temporarily? Here's the video proof, in super slo mo . Of course, copping a water balloon in the face would be even more distracting!