When Brandon still was ‘In Search of Karate’, he already figured out that the purpose of karate is to keep students paying for decades. He compared this to learning to play a piano and found that pianists don’t take lessons for thirty years. But in karate, it’s even possible that a karateka, who is more […]

Teller is asteroid #5006 and also known as 1989 GL5. Teller measures thirteen kilometers in diameter. Teller’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.18 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.07, a period of revolution of 2 075 days, and an inclination of 7.6 degrees. Teller was discovered by Eleanor Francis (or Kay) “Glo” […]

Sometimes a little verbal trick can save your ass. This is not only what Jesse Enkamp is teaching, but really true also according to my own experience. Already when you try to solve a conflict with words, then this can in the mind of a rowdy be enough “nonsense” for confusing the rowdy. With speed […]

Sayonisaha is asteroid #26201 and also known as 1997 GD24. Sayonisaha measures approximately 2.1 km in diameter. Sayonisaha’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.44 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.09, a period of revolution of 1’395 days, and an inclination of 6.5 degrees. Sayonisaha was discovered during the course of the Lincoln […]

Also in the religion department exist things, on which I disagree with Brandon. He after describing the guy, who did read the Bible in five days, gave his interpretation of the tale of the forbidden fruit. He thinks that God put the tree of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden to the purpose […]

While English is a really difficult language, it’s by far not the only one. The ‘Fluent in 3 Months’ website, from where I got that poem, has the purpose to encourage learners of foreign languages, so tries to debunk the myth that some languages would be difficult to learn. But in some cases, the ‘Fluent […]

The ex-karateka Brandon, author of the ‘In Search of Karate’ blog, also is the author of the ‘Cracked Sidewalk’ blog, which is much more boring, but also contains some recent articles on his religious point of view. He had listened to an interview of a person, who did read the Bible in five days. This […]

The Martial Development blog, upon which I recently stumbled, has a great list of guys, who did martial arts for health reasons. Among them are several founders of their respective martial art. The “sickly child” story is very common as one of the commentators of that article criticizes. But I think that it is just […]

Brandon in an article on his ‘In Search of Karate’ blog recommends to know the law. I concur with this recommendation so much that I gave the same title to this article here. But I wonder if Brandon knows the law and if so, then of what jurisdiction. He gave the example of somebody getting […]

Today is Trandagen, the Swedish Day of the Crane. This fancy holiday is celebrated in parts of Sweden and also in a small part of Denmark. Crane birds leave Scandinavia for winter. Trandagen celebrates their return and thus the arrival of spring. So this fancy holiday originally had been celebrated on the spring equinox, but […]