Valkenar To simplify what others have tried to say, All government power is by coercion. Taxation can only happen by force or threat of force. Every government policy, no matter how great and noble, is paid for by pointing a gun at someone else's head and forcing them to put up the money. This is wh...

Mike:"The point is that they (Atemi) are not really discussed or taught as such to the students, and if so, only in passing." Mike, this has not been my experience at all. Atemi are vital to our particular piece of the JJ universe and we put a lot of time and information into them. I have ...

Fred, It's different in different styles of jujutsu. In the later, police-based restraint styles the atemi is usually a distraction. In the older battlefield styles it is usually to kill or cripple. For instance slaps to both ears; shutos in quick succession to both carotid triangle followed by a pe...

Glasheen-sensei, Thoughts on power generation. Okay. Ground power, where the body makes a bone to bone connection from the foot to the fist, effectively focussing the power of a kick into the knuckles. Classic karate. Dead power, where limp body weight suddenly comes into play, the way a good ground...

Still at it due purely to addiction. I try to quit every so often and can't.

Rory

[This message has been edited by RAM (edited May 04, 2001).]