Jeremy Stewart

It's real, dude. Although I'm still waiting to meet someone as bad as Charlie Z.

I find with those that stay, their ego was defence mechanism to a strange environment. After they've been hit and thrown around a few times, they realise they're not dealing with Joe Blow from the local boozer.

One of the really funny things I find with these kinds of knob jockeys is, they don't take the time to think about how ridiculous their bullshit sounds. Sure in a rough neighbourhood you're gonna have a lot of problems, but these wankers take talking shit to Mt. Olympus level. You never here about the times they got flogged up by the thin strip of pelican shit that they were picking on.

He forgot..... Vodka.

I usually pander to their egos and say something like, look I know you can fight but let's sharpen you up a bit. Some stay but most go. I've rarely had someone who reckons they can fight have the one thing that I look for balance. It doesn't matter how ugly your style is, if you have balance you got it made.

AHAHA. Generally I find they have NO balance, can't throw a punch to save their lives and well, kicking, that relates to balance. But I give em a go because even some fuckwits can be redeemed. Oh, I forgot to add the, "You can't teach me how to fight, I know how to fight.", line. Well, what the fuck are you doing here then?, is what I really want to let go with.

That is the key. At least as I comprehend Kokoro. I saw similarities to caesura in a more abstract way. The metrical pause as a simily to dropping into kokoro. This connection helped me fully appreciate what you wrote you about. As I could relate to it way better. I looked at the gap as it's own kokoro.

I'm sure you'll it fascinating. I've been aware of the concept for a long time now. My understanding of it as it relates directly to me grows a bit year by year, little by little.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.kendo-guide.com/what-is-kokoro-the-concept-of-kokoro.html&ved=2ahUKEwjE--Lj4vziAhUFeysKHXMhCsEQFjADegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1E3zO6B77oGjt_g4_-9dYb https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://qz.com/946438/kokoro-a-japanese-word-connecting-mind-body-and-spirit-is-also-driving-scientific-discovery/&ved=2ahUKEwjE--Lj4vziAhUFeysKHXMhCsEQFjABegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3nzimbsghZTosfqdDooWIj One is how the concept relates to Kendo. I put it there for a martial aspect. The second one is far more interesting. For me, the concept of kokoro relates to the void or gap. It's in this place you find your fears and fight ( the fight can be any form ), you use them to your benefit. Your kokoro can be many other things as applied to life in general as it in it's simplest form is a meld of mind, heart, body. You can view life from kokoro, the centre of things, the void and decision making becomes more of an intuitive thing, where right or wrong in the conventional sense, may not be the answer you come out with. I think in the second link if I sent you the right one, Japanese apply their view aided of course with an innate understanding of kokoro to such as robotics.

If I'm correct in my understanding of what you wrote, with your usage of caesura and it's implications to the context. The Japanese concept of kokoro seems similar. Not the literal meaning as to kokoro but the concept of, which is really hard to explain in English, as we tend to deal with absolutes.

My advice would be lower the intensity of your training.

An easy question sometimes doesn't have an easy answer. Relax a bit more. Stored tension doesn't allow freedom of movement. Breathe, if you're not breathing it'll lead to tension. Improvement also depends experience. Become more familiar with what works for your body type e.g. are you long and lithe? Or are short and stocky? Nimble and quick or slow and ponderous?

I agree. Alma had broken Stamp. I'm not saying this just because she's from my town. I was worried Stamp would clinch her up. Alma doesn't like that. But she nullified Stamp's attempts really well. I'm a fan of both women. Unusual decisions do indeed happen.

May favourite Aussie girls are Yolanda Schmidt, Sam Brown and Alma Juniko. Maybe a rematch with Yolanda and Chommanee. I think Yolanda is under rated. It would be great to find a big promotion/gymto sponsor these women. There maybe opportunities for them, given the right circumstances, kind of like the early male muay thai fights here in Australia. In Queensland in particular we took them like fish to water. Everybody wanted to be a Muay Thai fighter. Maybe the same could happen for Thai women. Yolanda Schmidt is my fave by the way.

They're all autistic. I'm just gonna go with the first name option. Just like any normal class.

Whatever fits my wallet.

I fully believe you're correct. When I first attempted to get back into training after my injuries, surgeries etc, I had a lot of cognitive problems, I couldn't remember jack shit. I mean, I could be shown said combo and literally 30 seconds later, poof, it was gone from memory banks. They way I remedied this was literally just to random shit in shadow, not imagining a fight or anything. Just throwing any shit I could. To anyone watching I must have looked like a mental patient. The other thing that was helpful was those hidden picture comparison games. You know the ones where something is slightly different and you pick the difference, like the one's we played as kids. What I'm getting at is, for me patterned fighting no longer worked. It had reached it's ceiling with me and my mind and I was forced by necessity to change. This experience overall has made me so much better at many things. No third eye opening kinda stuff, but definitely more open to attempting things from a different perspective, instead of writing your Latin roots 1000 times each, ahahaha.

AHAHA..... that last sentence, man. I lost it.

In one of Sylvie's videos, I think it was with Sagat. His eye's just lit up, I can't do the feeling I got from seeing that with words that do it any justice. I'm pretty sure all I could come up with was, wow look at his eyes. But those eyes were a great insight to him at that very moment in time.

No James, I don't teach a kids class. I've often been asked, but have always declined. I don't have any reason, other than I'd rather not deal with their parents, LOL. I've been giving a lot of thought and sort of come to the conclusion to interact with them as you suggested. I'm also going to ask the physical trainer that takes them for a class every fortnight how he keeps them engaged.

I will be sure to keep everyone up to date. I'm excited to give it a go. Thank you for the compliment.

The ruminations of these great men are fascinating. You hit it in one. They have gone from journeymen to craftsmen and all the steps in between. Like everyone, as we age we don't see things or do things the way we did thirty years ago. Everything undergoes evolution.

Thanks,. I'm going to play it out just as you suggested.

In Australia, we're generally not big on formality. Myself in particular really only formal titles for those I respect. I'm gonna go the first name route. It's up to me to engender respect. I don't have any problems engendering respect in others. I think I may have been placing more emphasis on my concerns simply because of the demographic the group falls under. I'm just going to play it cool.

Thank you for the advice. I'm very keen to start their lessons. I believe everyone can benefit from training. My biggest concern is how to keep their interest. I'm really stepping into unknown territory for me. I will just take it as comes and make the necessary adjustments to each individual. Their, (I don't what you'd call him), teacher will be participating as well so this should make things go smoother.