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Archives for 2012

In Proportion

December 17, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I am not known for my sense of proportion when it comes to the Art I serve. OF COURSE everyone should train. OF COURSE it's more important than jobs or other distractions (I make an exception for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: geometry, learning

Artists and Slugs. Typing too.

December 12, 2012 By Guy Windsor 6 Comments

I am typing this very slowly, without looking at the keyboard (much). This may seem trivial to those of you that learned to touch-type young, but I have twenty years of bad habits to overcome: five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: bad habits, learning, mastery, touch typing, typing

Affordable Rapier manual download

December 11, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

The rights to my first two books just reverted to me (thanks Greg and the lawyers!) and I am in the process of making them available at a fair price (not the hundreds of dollars that second-hand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: rapier, windsor books, writing

Complexity

December 3, 2012 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I don’t believe in innate talent. I’ve never seen it in a student, and I have noticed no correlation between early successes in training and long-term achievement. But you can draw a linear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: learning, mastery, mindful practice

In the beginning was the (s)word, part 8

November 27, 2012 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

This is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. And frankly, while the course itself may be concluded, it is not even the end of the beginning. But the last class of the current beginners’ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Reports Tagged With: series post, sword class, sword drill

I Am Weak

November 22, 2012 By Guy Windsor 1 Comment

I am weak. So I study strength. In martial arts, strength has little to do with the usual measures of muscular performance, and everything to do with grounding, structure, power generation and joint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Swordsmanship Tagged With: fitness, health, martial arts, mindful practice, video

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