Chiron Training Blog by Rory Miller

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I know you have read my references to professionals like Rory Miller and may others but I just had to add the following articles by Rory Miller at Chiron Blog simply because, for me, they once again slapped me up behind the head (think of the head slap on the show NCIS :-) ). I am amazed about how much I DON’T KNOW and I am truly amazed at how much Rory Miller knows. I am not putting him on a pedestal but hey, you really need to understand that what he provides, teaches, is critical to the world of professionals and self-defense. 

I am a martial artists who has studied, practiced and even taught karate, a striking system. I am not going to say that my efforts are either wasted or wrong but I am going to say that “I am/was MISSING a whole lotta IMPORTANT stuff!” Rory Miller, Marc MacYoung and the many others you can see in the bibliography below are professionals who love the art of teaching and that is to our benefit and good luck. 

I am knowledgable enough to know that I don’t truly “Understand” a lot. I write in the hopes that something I provide will lead others toward those who actually UNDERSTAND and TEACH like these guys. 

Now, the reason I am professing my like of these guys is because of their no-nonsense teachings especially in regard to what is not fully understood in the martial arts communities about conflict, violence and self-defense and the following links take you to the last three articles written by Rory Miller. To me, they were once again “A bitch slap upside the back of my head” - “Doah” - moments, learning moments. Read them in the order given to get the full gist of his message then go from there …

“Upside Head by Rory Miller”

“Concrets and Abstracts by Rory Miller”

“The Process of Principles Based Teaching by Rory Miller”

Caveat: Rory Miller and Marc MacYoung and the many others listed are not the end-all sources on this stuff. They will get you a good start but it is UP TO YOU to go the distance in “Understanding” the entire picture (note: understanding takes on a new additional meaning after reading these articles). 

Bibliography (Click the link)