We've come to the end of the first month of the 9-month Kusanagi Research project, aimed at developing a 'reality-based' training curriculum. Actually, reality based just means effective and realistic, I hate using George W. Bushes pet phrases. Next we'll be saying don't 'misunderestimate' your opponents. Steven Seagal hasn't responded to invitations to teach, either. But anyway, who wants the job of cleaning up after him?
Kusanagi, by the way, was a fabled Japanese sword, akin to Excalibur in Britain. Possessing it is said to give the owner control of the wind. (As for control of the bowels, Seagal Sensei, who knows ? Give it a shot).
For no paticular reason, I've included an image of Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess from whom the entire nation sprang.
Anyway, Joey Danu and I have been furiously downloading and cataloguing. The results are available on Google documents. Let us know if you want to see the list.
Our goal in the next month is to come up with a blueprint for the first two levels of the course. We'll be focusing on:
* Expanding our database of CCTV footage actual fights.
* More on training methods and attributes.
* Evaluating all the techniques we've downloaded so far.
- The most useful 'thinkers' we've come across so far are Paul Vunak, thestreetfightssecrets.com gentlemen, including Bob Spour, as well as John (not Charles) Perkins :-).
- We've found a place to train drills; the Rasuna Stadium behind Pasar Festival. There are also abandoned building lots nearby, one behind Menara Imperium and one behind the Four Seasons hotel, which are almost park like, a small miracle in Jakarta.
Anything to add, Joey ?
1 comment:
Sooo... when's practice?
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