The history of karatedō is mysterious in many of its details. But there are some styles, which are even more mysterious than others. This doesn’t mean that less much would be known about their history. Quite the opposite! Because more is known about them, so they don’t fit in with the widely accepted mythology! There […]

I wished that I found Jesse Enkamp’s blog earlier. He wrote years earlier than I about the things, which he learnt many years later than I. But because he reported them earlier, so it now must seem like I’m confirming him instead of vice-versa. He even seems to share my habit of running into punches […]

Yáng Yè (楊 業) is a historical figure. He was a general, who fought for the Sòng (宋) Dynasty against the Liáo (遼) Dynasty and died in this battle. His life was more colorful than that, but his last battle plays a big role for the mythological figures, who are surrounding Yáng Yè (楊 業) and […]

Mabella is asteroid #510 and also known as 1903 LT. Mabella’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.61 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.19, a period of revolution of 1 542 days, and an inclination of 9.5 degrees. Mabella was discovered by the American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory […]

Karl Marx had no clue about how an economy functions. Martin Armstrong is absolutely right in this point. People trade products for money and then the money for other products, then again products for money and again money for products and so on and so on. This trading would, according to Karl Marx, somehow increase […]

Part of the advice, which Jesse Enkamp gives on awareness, is to stay away from shady places, drunk people, and weirdos. He’s definitely right. But this also tells me something about his natal chart. His natal Uranus is somewhere else than in the seventh astrological house. My natal Uranus in the seventh astrological house of […]

Jesse Enkamp tells a story about a brown-belted karateka, who should demonstrate how to defend against a knife attack. He tried to grab a folding chair and at the top of his lungs screamed for help. Jesse Enkamp would have given him a black belt if he could. I’m less happy about this story. If […]

Only karate, jūdō, kyūdō, kendō, jūkendō, naginatadō, sumō, aikidō, and shōrinji-kempō are by the Dainippon-Butokukai (大日本武徳会) acknowledged as gendai-budō (現代武道). Most of these, like karate, jūdō, kyūdō (way of the bow), kendō (way of the sword), are famous, but I have to admit that I previously knew nothing about jūkendō or shōrinji-kempō. So what are […]

Jesse Enkamp promised to unveil the secret of the bō. Another promise, which he wasn’t able to keep. According to him should the index finger not be involved in gripping because Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, hakkō-ryū jū-jutsu, aikidō, and jūdō would all teach to not use the index finger. The Gracies furthermore wouldn’t be able to spell jū-jutsu. […]

A German tv station recently let a half-intelligent guy talk about his religious beliefs and advertise for his website. He first complained about political correctness in questions of religion. His girlfriend would be politically correct and hence claim that all religions have the same goal and there isn’t one, which would be better than the […]