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The author indicated that this book was researched, footnoted, and well documented, and it gets good reviews. I haven’t gotten it yet, but intend to as he specifically addresses the ‘Mitose was a ninja’ bunk perpetuated by certain folks who feel that the six weeks they studied with Mitose was enough time to learn both the entire Kosho-ryu system and the ‘Koga Ninjitsu” that Mitose taught and their friends. After I pick up a copy I’ll give it a full review.

Here’s a fellow who has a few Youtube videos. Can you name that style? What art is he a 8th degree in? I actually know these answers, but thought it might be fun to put it out to the crowd. Here’s a link to his first video, and then I’ll have the rest after a jump so the front page doesn’t take forever to load. What do you think of the techniques?

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We had a great time at Dragon-Phoenix Martial Arts. Several hours of good ideas and sharing with friends. Click on the pictures to see a larger image.

Through strange luck, a thread was revived over at MartialTalk that was started by Ron Chapél a couple of years ago. It started with a paper by one Peter Hobarts, Esq., who is a lawyer and martial arts instructor. He wrote an article for Black Belt magazine regarding the legal ‘duty to retreat’ as well. Basically, duty to retreat is your obligation to attempt to avoid a situation where you might have to use force in order to claim ’self-defense’. 

When teaching kempo techniques, many times we pass on techniques that include eye pokes, hitting downed opponents, or other similar ‘finishes’. How do you inform your students of the serious ramifications of these techniques? Are you concerned about liability if one of your students uses a technique that you taught them?