By the way, my co-editor, Graham Priest, tells me that Beating and Nothingness is now in bricks-and-mortar shops in the US.
Hopefully it'll make its way Down Under soon.
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By the way, my co-editor, Graham Priest, tells me that Beating and Nothingness is now in bricks-and-mortar shops in the US.
Hopefully it'll make its way Down Under soon.
My pleasure. Parts of the book were good fun to write (and read).
Very glad you enjoyed it - thanks, Bob.
Sure, I used to train in Goju-Kai Karate-do, and attained a Shodan-ho rank. I've also trained very briefly in Western fencing, Aikido and Judo. Training in the latter, I injured my neck, and have...
G'day folks,
Just a quick note to say that my new book, Philosophy and the Martial Arts: Beating and Nothingness, is now out in the US. Hopefully it'll get to the UK, Europe, Asia and Australasia...
OK. Let's refine this a little. What about a competent practitioner of one style versus an expert (but not a master) in another? Does the same 'law of greater expertise' hold, e.g. will the expert...
G'day Trevor,
I don't mind the disagreement at all - in fact, I think it's healthy.
Tai Chi (as commonly practiced) has ceased to be a martial art. It's origins might be martial, and there...
Yes, I agree with this. But we can judge styles and practitioners as better or worse at meeting their own claims. A bad (read: worse than others) martial art will fail to provide the tools and...
I think we'll have to respectfully disagree here. I'd argue that some masters have excellent moral virtues, but not always martial virtues. I suspect deference to authority and older pedagogies...
Good answer, though I'd add a bit more to your characterisation of Tai Chi.
Tai Chi (as commonly taught) seems to have the same effects on health as light physical activity of any sort - it's...
But again, it's a question of fitness for very specific purposes.
Many don't achieve mastery, but they do achieve competence (and there's nothing wrong with competence). To use an example I'm...
Sure (that's what my sensei always said).
I was using 'teaching' as shorthand. Obviously the teacher is actively involved in pedagogy (styles don't 'teach' anything).
The question is whether or...
Right. So there's no absolute standard of 'better', though some martial arts are better at teaching students how to defend themselves (e.g. in a one-on-one unarmed attack)?
By the way, would you...
Why is this?
We did some grappling in Goju, as well as throws. And perhaps against an untrained opponent, they'd be useful.
But when I did Judo, I (as a Goju black-belt) was helpless on the mat. I was...
I'm going to go with yoko geri. It's not my favorite kick, but it's handy under (or over) a lapsed guard.
I emailed the chap about DVD. No reply as yet.
Wait, wait...not all at once.
To all professional philosophers or experienced students of philosophy,
We invite contributions for two new book projects, involving philosophy
and the martial arts.
The first is a book of...