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Muneki Samejima (Gun Magazine Japan)

The Protocol of Vengeance in Viking-age Scandinavia

 

 

The Protocol of Vengeance in Viking-age Scandinavia

Sefanit Tucker (Yale University)

Vexillum, Vol.3 (2013)

Abstract

The Protocol of Vengeance in Viking-age Scandinavia seeks to discuss the importance of honor and the established structure of revenge in Northern Europe, namely Iceland, between the 9th and 10th centuries. In spite of both modern and contemporaneous portrayals of a violent people without law, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate the specific cases in which Viking society condoned and employed violence. To this effect, the paper will use particular examples from several major sagas, the only written records of pre-Christian Scandinavia, to outline the precise nuances of violence that corresponded with particular circumstances and stature of the individuals involved.

Read the whole article on http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/23/the-protocol-of-vengeance-in-viking-age-scandinavia/

TSD HRT Ammo Gelatin Test

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Power Corrupts? Groundbreaking New Neuroscience Study Says, “Absolutely.”

http://thoughtsonliberty.com/power-corrupts-groundbreaking-new-neuroscience-study-says-absolutely

This is a very important factor as many martial arts systems are hierarchical in their structure and has a structure that gives powers, which often lead to wars for status and creates divisions by those who want more power. Nearly every martial style is fractured into many subgroups created by the lust for power than a disagreement on a personal level or how to perform the techniques correctly. That is what attracts me to AMOK! with it’s structure to avoid that power politics crap, we train in our group as individuals and no one is valued more than other by status, we are all equal by the way we treat each other, there is off course a difference in the skills of the individuals, but no one bows for anyone, we salute each others as equals and brothers, no big or smaller brother.  The mirror system is a fact that I have exploited when sparring as I noticed that my opponents would mirror the attacks I launched, I used to do a roundhouse kick to the head and then I would do lowkicks to the standing leg as most opponents want to show that they also can do that. Knife sparring I used to have a preset list of attacks as I expected the opponent trying to mirror what I had launched and have the counter attacks ready, it was nearly always a 90% successful strategy, the inspiration came from a weird source, trying to figure out how Derren Brown, the best mental magician/ illusionist I have seen, could imbed messages and make people do things he wanted them to do, while having my eureka moment and discovered how he did some of his imbedded messages, I tried to use them in sparring and it worked. It’s a mixture of the opponent’s ego who wants to show that he can do the same and that he will repeat the last action he has seen and mirror the attack.    

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Characteristics of stab wounds

http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/wounds/sharp-force-trauma/stab-wounds/

 

This looks bad, but it looks like a single stab, he could have been carved, sliced and diced, into a hamburger, he has good odds of surviving this with a little luck.

Improve Your Squat Mechanics

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Can You Get Too Much Exercise? By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

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Greg Cruz is one my absolute favourite teachers, he has all that one can dream of to the best teacher, his teaching method, his vast combat experience and he is a nice guy to be with. I was so lucky to attend a camp where he was teaching gun combat, and it was the absolute best I have ever seen.