Mirror your attacker

strategies of jiu jitsu for everyday life and leisure

How do we apply martial arts in our everyday lives, particularly if we've never taken a martial arts class?

in raspatorium

He thought a word
and wrote one day
a poem, a verse
a wisdom ray

silent mildew

breaking the sound
of silent mildew
disturbing the peace
of a raging storm
there is no sense
in mindful stillness
for a man who thinks…

fog of frozen forget-me-not

I know ‘the answer’
but each morning
upon awakening
a fog rolls in
a blanket of mystery
covering my nakedness…

chain of rooms

Her hunger woke her.
It burned against the stone cold comfort
of her unforgiving cell.
Padding softly down
dark monastery halls,
she…

fertility stones

and into each night
the stories told
of arrows shot
and hearts made old
the scars of pointed barbs
lie deep
each polished stone…

for all to see unseen

shut off
from the world
a cave
of no doors
meditating in solitude
for all to see
unseen
sleeping in daydreams
for all to…