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20 - Creating The Void
Kosho Chronicles Issue #20
To the Reader
The void is something that is nothing. And something that is nothing can be everything.
Sit with that for a moment before you read any further. If it makes sense to you right away, you are not thinking deeply enough.
Jun 22, 2026
angles
bruce juchnik
creating the void
escaping arts
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
kuzushi
octagon
off-balance
positioning
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
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.
Apr 24, 2026
bruce juchnik
cloaking
escaping arts
innocent technique
james mitose
kata
kempo
kosho ryu
martial arts subtlety
telegraphing
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...
Apr 17, 2026
12-6-3 theory
3/8ths drill
bruce juchnik
escaping arts
james mitose
kempo
kosho ryu
martial arts distance
octagon
peripheral vision