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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.
May 01, 2026
avoidance
bruce juchnik
conflict resolution
coward
escaping arts
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
manuscript
true self defense
Kosho Reflections Issue #3: The Student is a Better Teacher Than The Teacher
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 contr...
Mar 01, 2026
bruce juchnik
conflict resolution
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
martial arts philosophy
preparatory arts
self-defense
Kosho Reflections Issue #2: There Is No Body Contact
To the Reader
Most of you reading this have spent years learning how to hit. You have practiced strikes, blocks, throws. You have conditioned your body. You have trained your reflexes.
I am going to tell you that the highest level of what you do requires none of it.
Sit with that before you conti...
Feb 02, 2026
bruce juchnik
conflict resolution
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
martial arts philosophy
preparatory arts
self-defense