Please take a look at Articles on self-defense/conflict/violence for introductions to the references found in the bibliography page.

Please take a look at my bibliography if you do not see a proper reference to a post.

Please take a look at my Notable Quotes

Hey, Attention on Deck!

Hey, NOTHING here is PERSONAL, get over it - Teach Me and I will Learn!


When you begin to feel like you are a tough guy, a warrior, a master of the martial arts or that you have lived a tough life, just take a moment and get some perspective with the following:


I've stopped knives that were coming to disembowel me

I've clawed for my gun while bullets ripped past me

I've dodged as someone tried to put an ax in my skull

I've fought screaming steel and left rubber on the road to avoid death

I've clawed broken glass out of my body after their opening attack failed

I've spit blood and body parts and broke strangle holds before gouging eyes

I've charged into fires, fought through blizzards and run from tornados

I've survived being hunted by gangs, killers and contract killers

The streets were my home, I hunted in the night and was hunted in turn


Please don't brag to me that you're a survivor because someone hit you. And don't tell me how 'tough' you are because of your training. As much as I've been through I know people who have survived much, much worse. - Marc MacYoung

WARNING, CAVEAT AND NOTE

The postings on this blog are my interpretation of readings, studies and experiences therefore errors and omissions are mine and mine alone. The content surrounding the extracts of books, see bibliography on this blog site, are also mine and mine alone therefore errors and omissions are also mine and mine alone and therefore why I highly recommended one read, study, research and fact find the material for clarity. My effort here is self-clarity toward a fuller understanding of the subject matter. See the bibliography for information on the books. Please make note that this article/post is my personal analysis of the subject and the information used was chosen or picked by me. It is not an analysis piece because it lacks complete and comprehensive research, it was not adequately and completely investigated and it is not balanced, i.e., it is my personal view without the views of others including subject experts, etc. Look at this as “Infotainment rather then expert research.” This is an opinion/editorial article/post meant to persuade the reader to think, decide and accept or reject my premise. It is an attempt to cause change or reinforce attitudes, beliefs and values as they apply to martial arts and/or self-defense. It is merely a commentary on the subject in the particular article presented.


Note: I will endevor to provide a bibliography and italicize any direct quotes from the materials I use for this blog. If there are mistakes, errors, and/or omissions, I take full responsibility for them as they are mine and mine alone. If you find any mistakes, errors, and/or omissions please comment and let me know along with the correct information and/or sources.



“What you are reading right now is a blog. It’s written and posted by me, because I want to. I get no financial remuneration for writing it. I don’t have to meet anyone’s criteria in order to post it. Not only I don’t have an employer or publisher, but I’m not even constrained by having to please an audience. If people won’t like it, they won’t read it, but I won’t lose anything by it. Provided I don’t break any laws (libel, incitement to violence, etc.), I can post whatever I want. This means that I can write openly and honestly, however controversial my opinions may be. It also means that I could write total bullshit; there is no quality control. I could be biased. I could be insane. I could be trolling. … not all sources are equivalent, and all sources have their pros and cons. These needs to be taken into account when evaluating information, and all information should be evaluated. - God’s Bastard, Sourcing Sources (this applies to this and other blogs by me as well; if you follow the idea's, advice or information you are on your own, don't come crying to me, it is all on you do do the work to make sure it works for you!)



“You should prepare yourself to dedicate at least five or six years to your training and practice to understand the philosophy and physiokinetics of martial arts and karate so that you can understand the true spirit of everything and dedicate your mind, body and spirit to the discipline of the art.” - cejames (note: you are on your own, make sure you get expert hands-on guidance in all things martial and self-defense)



“All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.” - Montaigne


I am not a leading authority on any one discipline that I write about and teach, it is my hope and wish that with all the subjects I have studied it provides me an advantage point that I offer in as clear and cohesive writings as possible in introducing the matters in my materials. I hope to serve as one who inspires direction in the practitioner so they can go on to discover greater teachers and professionals that will build on this fundamental foundation. Find the authorities and synthesize a wholehearted and holistic concept, perception and belief that will not drive your practices but rather inspire them to evolve, grow and prosper. My efforts are born of those who are more experienced and knowledgable than I. I hope you find that path! See the bibliography I provide for an initial list of experts, professionals and masters of the subjects.

Data-mining

Blog Article/Post Caveat (Read First Please: Click the Link)

What you discover is pretty enlightening when you mine for data without bias and toward growth, understanding and other such good stuff. Data is anything that teaches us something and causes appropriate progressive change in the very concepts of life. To mine for data is to seek out new and interesting data chunks that provide us a trigger toward paradigm change. 

Data, as you can imagine, is a fact or collection of facts and stats that together make a reference or provide toward analysis and synthesis of new concepts. In a philosophical sense data are things known or assumed as facts, always fact check even in philosophy, that make a basis of reasoning and calculation leading to new concepts, perceptions and beliefs. 

Mine or to mine, you probably already know, is to perform processes of obtaining data, in this case, from a data-mine or data repository(ies). Those repositories can be a recording stored in a storage medium like hard drives located in data storage/bank facilities like the cloud. This is digital data. Other media is often in written form as well although written forms include digital writing such as blogs, social media venues, video's both from external sources often transferred to digital repositories like social media, books, periodicals such as magazines and many others. 

When one data-mines a subject or interest if you will they must aggressively seek out at least three, better more if possible, sources of valid accepted chained references that meet standards accepted by one's peers as well as fit into standards of the end fact collections, etc. Often this means some body or collective of experts in a field where one is seeking out data through mining as facts. 

Facts that must be "indisputable to the case in question (reality and actuality and certainty apply)." Information that is and will be used in discussions, written or spoken, of significance of something that is the case.” Information that is or will be used as "evidence" or as "part of a report, story, comment, post, etc., or as a news worthy article, etc.”

Facts that must pass a rigorous investigation in order to verify and validate one's synthesized assertions, beliefs and perceptions. I quote, "Fact checking is the act of checking factual assertions in non-fictional text in order to determine the veracity and correctness of the factual statements in the text. This may be done either before (ante hoc) or after (post hoc) the text has been published or otherwise disseminated." AND "Research on the impact of fact-checking is relatively recent but the existing research suggests that fact-checking does indeed correct misperceptions among citizens (people all), as well as discourage politicians (anyone no matter affiliation; especially through social media, etc.) from spreading misinformation." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact_checking (paran comments added by me)

Data-mining is what any subject, discipline, story or other professed truth should go through to validate and reference materials written or spoken to anyone outside the researcher or when the researcher/fact checker/Data miner uses the material to teach, to validate, to reference work(s) that will be used by others, known and unknown, and through any public media such as the Internet and its Socially driven media digital places like Facebook, blogs, wiki-pages, twitter and others. 

When you write something, fact check it as best as possible, and only when found to be useful … print/publish it. 

Bibliography (Click the link)

Data (Shiryou [資料])
Mining (Saikutsu [採掘])

Data Mining (Shiryo saikutsu [資料採掘])

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