What I am about to share may disturb you. It may challenge everything you think you know about mastery, perfection, and what it means to be a martial artist.
Good.
If you are not disturbed, you are not paying attention.
The Teaching
There is a saying in Zen Buddhism:
“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.”
Most people hear this and think it is nonsense. Or blasphemy. Or some kind of riddle meant to confuse.
It is none of those things.
It is one of the most important teachings you will ever receive.
To the Reader
If you teach, this will challenge you. If you study under someone, this may confuse you.
Either way, pay attention. What follows strikes at something most martial artists protect without realizing it.
The Teaching
The student is a better teacher than the teacher.
This is not a contradiction. It is a truth that most people in positions of authority refuse to examine.
The teacher re...
Kosho Chronicles Issue #6
To the Reader
Every martial artist I have ever met wants to know what to do when the punch is coming. That is the wrong question. The right question is why you let it get that far.
Mitose began explaining the manuscript to me in a way that turned everything I thought I knew upside down. I had spent years training to react. He was about to show me that reaction was the ...
Kosho Chronicles Issue #5
To the Reader
I told you the manuscript was a riddle. That Mitose wrote it using religion and politics to hide the martial arts. That he said it was his duty to teach me everything in that book.
This issue begins the teaching. The first thing Mitose explained to me from that manuscript. The foundation of everything that followed.
It starts with a stranger beneath a pin...
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