Table of Contents

• Opening the Gate to Self-Protection - PART ONE (Ch...
• Chapter 1: Discovery
• Chapter 2: Before
• Chapter 3: Moving on!
• Chapter 4: Self-Assessment
• Chapter 5: Before the Dojo
• Chapter 6: About Styles
• Chapter 7: Self-Defense (Before, During and After)...
• Chapter 8: The “Arc’s”
• Chapter 9: Symbols, Quotes, Meme’s and Aphorism’s ...
• Chapter 10: During
• Chapter 11: After
• Chapter 12: Academia, Absorbing Outside the Dojo
• Chapter 13: Philosophy, Those Pesky Belief Systems...
• Chapter 14: Overlapping Qualities, Traits and Inte...
• Chapter 15: Masters, Grand Masters and Uber-Grand-...
• Chapter 16: Fundamental Principles, Multiple Metho...
• Chapter 17: Terminology, “To Use or Not To Use, th...
• Chapter 18: Etiquette in the Dojo
• Chapter 19: Hidden/Secrets of Karate/Martial Disci...
• Chapter 20: Self-awareness
• Chapter 21: Everything Works
• Chapter 22: Grave Harm/Death Self-Defense Insuranc...
• Chapter 23: There Librarian
• Chapter 24: Responsibility
• Chapter 25: Mindfulness
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• Chapter 26: Come on, “Everybody Does IT!”
• Chapter 27: PLAY-MODE; Hack the Code; RAM -n- ROM
• Chapter 28: Boundaries in All Things
• Chapter 29: Religion and Martial Arts
• Chapter 30: Leftist Justice in Defense-Protection
• Chapter 31: Defense Against Leftism and “The Like”...
• Chapter 32: Emotions; Monkey Driven!
• Chapter 33: The Young and the Restless
• Chapter 34: Techniques (if you will) vs. Enhancers...
• Chapter 35: What is Self-Defense?
• Chapter 36: Inappropriate Aggressiveness
• Chapter 37: Kobudo or Weapons
• Chapter 38: Muscling It
• Chapter 39: Ki - The Definitive Answer
• Chapter 40: Ken-po Goku-i
• Chapter 41: All Bottles Are “Truly” Good
• Chapter 42: KATA: about certain movements
• Chapter 43: Muscle Memory - Is It Real or Is It Me...
• Chapter 44: A Totality of Awareness
• Chapter 45: Personal Space
• Chapter 46: Chinkuchi - The Definitive Answer (FIN...
• Chapter 47: Manifesting Chinkuchi/Principles
• Chapter 48: Self-Protection Phases at Kyu Levels
• Chapter 49: Inappropriate Aggressiveness
• Chapter 50: Techniques (if you will) vs. Enhancers...
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• Chapter 51: PLAY-MODE: Hack the Code; RAM -n- ROM
• Chapter 52: Manuals -n- Handbooks (Training -n- Pr...
• Chapter 53: Compliance Profession (Hypnosis)
• Chapter 54: Training -n- Practice
• Chapter 55: About the "Dojo Kun [道場訓]
• Chapter 56: Karate Explained
• Chapter 57: The Purpose of Kata
• Chapter 58: It’s Not About the Teacher
• Chapter 59: Defense-Protection - Motive vs. Behavi...
• Chapter 60: Preconception Survival Instincts
• Chapter 61: Less Emphasis on Memorizing
• Chapter 62: Human Rituals
• Chapter 63: Branches of Martial Disciplines
• Chapter 64: Dojo Effects
• Chapter 65: A Good Foundation
• Chapter 66: Trade-offs
• Chapter 67: People Skills
• Chapter 68: Read A LOT!
• Chapter 69: Estimating our Martial Knowledge
• Chapter 70: Reliance on One Source
• Chapter 71: Commitment
• Chapter 72: Training, Testing and Refining … Techn...
• Chapter 73: Experience, what is it?
• Chapter 74: Technique Based to Principled Based
• Chapter 75: “Do you have choice?”
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• Chapter 76: Making Mistakes
• Chapter 77: Avoidance, Escape and Evasion
• Chapter 78: What-if's (The What-IF Monkey Dance)
• Chapter 79: Technique vs. Methodology
• Chapter 80: Dojo are Ritualized
• Chapter 81: Question Everything
• Chapter 82: Countering Adrenal Stresses and Stress...
• Chapter 83: Active Listening
• Chapter 84: Effective Practice
• Chapter 85: What exactly is a Grand Master ... ?
• Chapter 86: Pro’s and Con’s of Adrenal Rush
• Chapter 87: The Critical Stage of Karate
• Chapter 88: What is, "street fighting?"
• Chapter 89: Arms and Legs
• Chapter 90: The Collective
• Chapter 91: Karate as Self-Protection
• Chapter 92: Understanding
• Chapter 93: awareness and avoidance
• Chapter 94: awareness and avoidance
• Chapter 95: Visual Imagery for Self-Protection
• Chapter 96: Small vs. Large
• Chapter 97: Sparring and Reality
• Chapter 98: Fight/Fighting
• Chapter 99: Controlled Breathing
• Chapter 100: The Self-Defense Litmus Test
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• Chapter 101: Large Move(s);ments
• Chapter 102: If I Were Your Sensei
• Chapter 103: Fact Check Everything
• Chapter 104: Blindly Following Dojo/Sensei
• Chapter 105: Fast and Furious
• Chapter 106: Don't Be Too Critical or Exacting
• Chapter 107: On Status
• Chapter 108: Gut Instincts; Spidey Sense; etc.
• Chapter 109: Facts and Feelings
• Chapter 110: It's All About Stability
• Chapter 111: How the Body Works
• Chapter 112: Expectations
• Chapter 113: To Withdraw
• Chapter 114: Youth Issues
• Chapter 115: Othering
• Chapter 116: What is a Black Belt?
• Chapter 117: CLARIFICATION OF SKILLS
• Chapter 118: Social Conformity
• Chapter 119: Pressure Point Methods in Self-Protec...
• Chapter 120: Finding Gem's
• Chapter 121: Aging Martial Artists
• Chapter 122: Adrenaline Based Communications
• Chapter 123: Less Talk, More Training!
• Chapter 124: The Pregnant Pause
• Chapter 125: Rank - Time in Grade
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• Chapter 126: Gratuitous Violence in Modern Times: ...
• Chapter 127: Train Hard? or Hard Training?
• Chapter 128: Karate/Martial Associations, Federati...
• Chapter 129: In Lieu of Violence
• Chapter 130: About the Self (anger - emotional mat...
• Chapter 131: The Legal System
• Chapter 132: The 10 Precepts of Anko Itosu
• Chapter 133: theoretical vs. practical vs. experie...
• Chapter 134: Martial Art -n- Karate Spirit
• Chapter 135: Why do we use the term, "Combative?"
• Chapter 136: Tournament Competition - Do or Not Do...
• Chapter 137: About Logic and Emotion
• Chapter 138: What are Precepts?
• Chapter 139: What About Hojo-undo?
• Chapter 140: Ken-po Goku-i - A Codex
• Chapter 141: When does Immediate Threat Start?
• Chapter 142: All This Secrecy
• Chapter 143: About Strength
• Chapter 144: When Authority Speaks
• Chapter 145: Courtesy and Humility in Karate
• Chapter 146: All About Self in Karate
• Chapter 147: Dog Play: How Karate has gone to the ...
• Chapter 148: Testing is a Distraction
• Chapter 149: Quality Control in Karate/MA
• Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Karate vs. Martial Art, Why make that Distinction?
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• Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Thinking Ahead (P's x6)
• Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Karate is a Hammer
• Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Secondary Location
• Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Revisit Old Things
• Chapter 155: Chapter 155: What exactly is a Grand Master ...
• Chapter 156: Chapter 156: “Shut Up and Train!”
• Chapter 157: Chapter 157: Osu [押忍] in Martial Arts
• Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Martial Art
• Chapter 159: Chapter 159: What the Master’s Say
• Chapter 160: Chapter 160: About Perception in Karate and Other Disciplines
• Chapter 161: Chapter 161: The Power of Suggestion
• Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Fear Itself
• Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Body Language
• Chapter 164: Chapter 164: Dojo Honor and Culture
• Chapter 165: Chapter 165: Defend vs. Protect
• Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Combative's
• Chapter 167: Chapter 167: The Master Persuader
• Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Vintage Karate
• Chapter 169: Chapter 169: Karate Lineage: What is it Truly?
• Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Simplistically Atomistic