9 - The Guinea Pigs

Mar 21, 2026

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Kosho Chronicles Issue #9

To the Reader

The hardest part of learning from Mitose was not learning from Mitose. It was coming back to my school and trying to explain what I had learned to my students. Every visit to the prison gave me something new. Every class I taught afterward felt like trying to describe a color nobody had ever seen.

My students had no idea what they were in for. Neither did I.

The Teaching

Mitose had a phrase he used often. "Keep them confused." That was his favorite term. At first, I thought he was talking about opponents. He was not. He was talking about students.

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14 - Teach Him to Be a Good Coward

Kosho Chronicles Issue #14 To the Reader Nobody wants to be called a coward. You hear that word and everything in you rejects it. You want to stand and fight. You want to prove something. That reaction, that need to prove, is the most dangerous thing about you. Mitose did not see it the way you do. This post is for paying subscribers only Upgrade Already have an account? Log in

13 - Innocent Technique

Kosho Chronicles Issue #13 To the Reader You have been showing your opponent everything you are about to do. Every block. Every entry. Every shift of weight. You think you are fast enough that it does not matter. You are wrong. The highest level of movement is movement that cannot be seen. This post is for paying subscribers only Upgrade Already have an account? Log in

12 - The 12-6-3 Theory

Kosho Chronicles Issue #12 To The ReaderThe Octagon is not a diagram on the floor. It is not a shape you step around during a drill and then forget about when the drill is over. It is alive. It lives in your body, in your opponent's body, in every joint, every crease, every rotation of every limb. Most people see the Octagon as a pattern to memorize. That is why most people never understand it....

9 - The Guinea Pigs

Kosho Chronicles Issue #9

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