This is a progress report for the “get over boarding school” project. If you’re here looking for some technical sword stuff, I suggest going here or here. I usually edit my posts quite carefully. … [Read more...]
Balls of Steel!
There is a rather stupid convention common in the upbringing of boys and men: because we are supposed to be strong, we ought not to acknowledge our weaknesses. As any weight-lifter could tell you, … [Read more...]
Dealing with it.
Oh my, what a week it has been. I was scared of hitting “publish” on my last post, for obvious reasons. I am a big bad scary martial arty swordsman, or at least that’s how a lot of people … [Read more...]
Sometimes it’s better to just take the [s]hit.
We often duck and dive to avoid something, when our interests would be better served by meeting it head on. Sometimes it's better to just take the hit. By the time they are a few weeks old, most … [Read more...]
Managing fear: a case study, with verse!
Fear management is the key skill underlying all martial arts. If you are not afraid of getting hurt or killed, there’s something wrong with you. But if you are frozen in place by that fear, prevented … [Read more...]
Training for Fear
I am writing up the Fear section of my new book, Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists. This particular section seemed like a useful snippet. About half the book is blog posts … [Read more...]