The modern martial arts landscape is currently infatuated with a highly specific, rather loud variety of empiricism. To enter a contemporary combat sports facility—all…

古言ニ武ハ神ヨリ天皇ニ博ハリ更ニ武将ニ及ブト實ニ至言ナリ。 即チ斯ク道タル皇道ノ誠ナリ 是ニ依リテ天地ノ眞理ヲ悟リ練現シ 天地経綸ノ爲メ天地ノ呼吸ト呼吸ニ依リ 世ノ様ヲ腹中ニ修メ 治國平天下破邪顕正ノ道ヲ講ジ 正シキ身魂一如ノ誠ヲ現シ 其術タル一ヲ以テ萬ニ當ルヲ知リ 以テ國体ヲ闡明シ皇稜ヲ宣揚スルヲ本 トスルモノナリ。 植芝盛平 Translation 古言ニ – “in ancient sayings” (old words / old teachings) 武ハ – “the martial…

And THAT is a belief built in collective effervescence (c.f., Durkheim, 1912/1995) bound with affect (the joining of the central [cognitive/reason] and peripheral [affective/heuristic]…