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7 - The Visual Plane
Kosho Chronicles Issue #7
TO THE READERYou trust your eyes. You have been trained to watch the punch, track the kick, follow the weapon. Your eyes are the first sense you turn to in danger, and they are the reason you get hit.
Mitose called them the great betrayer. I did not understand what he me...
Mar 08, 2026
awareness
bruce juchnik
folsom prison
innocent technique
james mitose
kosho ryu
octagon
peripheral vision
tunnel vision
visual plane
6 - The Preparatory Arts
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 k...
Feb 27, 2026
awareness
bruce juchnik
conflict prevention
folsom prison
james mitose
kosho ryu
peripheral vision
preparatory arts
reactionary arts
THE KOSHO CHRONICLES #3: "You Stupid"
To the Reader
Speed is a lie. Everything you think you know about being fast is wrong. If you cannot let go of your obsession with speed, stop reading now. You are not ready.
The Teaching
One visit, Mitose asked me to hit him. Real hard.
At the prison, there was a guard there who knew who I was....
Feb 06, 2026
awareness
bruce juchnik
ed parker
folsom prison
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
peripheral vision
speed
timing
visual plane