At least people with some eighth house positions in the natal chart should be able to appreciate the following joke. In a hospital room: “Excuse me! Couldn’t you transfer that dude to the death room? His groaning and death rattle is annoying!” Nurse: “This is the death room!”

The author of the ‘In Search of Karate’ blog, by me usually referred to as Brandon’s blog, heard about the rumor that superpowers can be attained by training in the martial arts. Yet he doesn’t believe the rumor. He certainly is right with the part that subtle energy fields are nonsense. But I’ve always been […]

It’s fun to read through Brandon’s blog. I mean through the old short articles before he began to calculate permutations. In an article of this kind, he criticizes people, who demonstrate their kata applications in YouTube clips and rain down techniques on a partner, who stands still during the whole time. This as well as […]

When I began to learn karate, this was to the purpose of ending bullying. It wasn’t for recreation. It wasn’t for socializing. It wasn’t for a spiritual reason. It was neither for proving myself in competition nor for collecting trophies. It wasn’t for preserving a tradition. It definitely wasn’t for the sake of guaranteeing the […]

At least each karateka should know sundome (寸止め). Searching for this technical term results in getting annoyed with several sun domes. But sundome (寸止め) is a Japanese expression, which is used in different contexts, also besides the martial arts, and means to stop right before hitting. This can also be meant figuratively as to stand in […]

Schlecht is asteroid #21613 and also known as 1999 JF68. Schlecht measures approximately 3.2 km in diameter. Schlecht’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.33 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.21, a period of revolution of 1’297 days, and an inclination of 7.0 degrees. Schlecht was discovered during the course of the Lincoln […]

It’s fun to read through Brandon’s blog. I mean through the old short articles before he began to calculate permutations. He for example complains about the contrast between historical and modern karate. How could the one evolve into the other? He thinks that the answer to this question is economics. Maybe. Yet I rather think […]

It’s fun to read through Brandon’s blog. I mean through the old short articles before he began to calculate permutations. He in the old articles often draws attention to paradox features, which karate should have. Karate is supposed to turn you into the pinnacle of courtesy, patience, virtue, and so on, yet at the same […]

Japanese fans of sumō (相撲) have strange expectations. Two wrestlers shall like trucks in a tragic traffic accident crash frontally into each other. The tactical maneuvers, which are absolutely legal and make sumō (相撲) interesting, are disliked, often booed. I wonder why those fans don’t watch weight lifting instead. But when the wrestlers after colliding […]

Sayo-hime is asteroid #32990 and also known as 1996 YD3. Sayo-hime measures approximately 7.9 km in diameter and is a member of the asteroid-family Eos. Sayo-hime’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.03 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.08, a period of revolution of 1’925 days, and an inclination of 9.4 degrees. Sayo-hime […]