coup de grace

The joyful scar…

There is something about a sword,
Tween the thrust and cut.
That makes even a thief a lord,
Only a blade you can trust no matter what,

In the hand the feel of steel.
Upon command it’s heart in field,
Accept the vows as thou kneel,
And by it’s wounds you’re healed,
For it is both weapon and shield,
And it’s kiss is doom sealed.

For it’s honor you pledge,
Deeper promises than to any lover,
For you keep it’s keen edge,
As it flies you discover,
The punishment of it’s birth sledge,
Felt by ghosts that above you hover

That to it, war is just.
And to it, you’re it’s master.
And to it, you hold your trust,
Fail it, brings only disaster,
And to it tween cut and thrust,
the riposte was even faster,

I have a theory

Things not to put on resume or you will not find in Monster.com search engines. I know now why there are no super heroes – they can’t find day jobs.

Billionaire Playboy posing as masked vigilante,
Pirate or Privateer,
Mild mannered news reporter actually super-heroic alien,
Viking,
Camelot era knight transported through time,
Deep cover secret agent posing as billionaire playboy,
King of underwater civilization,
Cowboy fighting the good fight,
Mutant blessed and cursed with powers reviled by the general populace.
Time Lord,
Scientist blessed with super abilities from accident,
Smuggler with heart of gold,
Swashbuckler in disguise as foppish prince,
Mechanical genius posing as his own bodyguard,
Super-villain dictator of small eastern European country,
World War 2 anachronism, formerly frozen in ice, now embodiment of American ideals,
Super-villain running for president,
Blind Lawyer posing as masked vigilante,
Camelot era Demon with a penchant for rhyme,
Immortal being only killed by decapitation…

Yoo Ree Uhng - Ghosting drill

Yoo Ree Uhng


Ghosting

Menu Choices for practice

Attacks* – Head, Groin, LS, RS,LH,RH, Eyes, Robs, Wrist, Knees, Collar bone, Femoral , Pass Cut, Cavalier Cut,
Thrusts = retreat, reverse, under, over, straight, side
Hand to Hand = punch, kick , elbow, knee, choke, eye gouge

*( AS STRIKES OR THRUSTS )

Defense/Dodges – Defenses ( any parry of specified blows) Dodges - duck, jump, tuck, left side dodge, right side dodge,

Drill to be done, movement established between partners and rehearsed – Establish an Attacker and a Defender. When comfortable speed can be developed it can be really fast and really pretty.

The Greek letter references - ALPHA through GAMMA are spice you add to the fight they can be any of the following or make up your own.

1. LOCK/THROW – classic face to face push away
2. Wraparound drill – Choose 2-6 targets
3. Groin, Head, Eye variant – The groin head eye drill is a basic exchange – attacker goes for groin, defender head, attacker eye then defender groin, attacker head, defender eye. Choose any three-six zones.
4. Strike-Parry drill – two passes
5. Siniwali/ Cut as exchange drill
6. Any of the multiple Alphabet patterns as exchange drill
7. Displays – all the flourishes
8. Press attack – Furious attack
9. Wounding – one of the figters gets wounded
10. Attacker/Defender switch roles.



MOVEMENT
1. ATTACKER – Attack #1 (from any of the choices given)/
2. DEFENDER – Defense/Dodge #1 (from the choices given)/ Counter Attack #1(from any of the choices given)/
3. ALPHA
4. ATTACKER - Defense/Dodge #2 (from the choices given)/ Attack #2(from the choices given)
5. DEFENDER – Defense/Dodge #2 (from the choices given)/ Counter Attack #2(from any of the choices given)
6. BETA
7. ATTACKER - Defense/Dodge #3 (from the choices given)/ Attack #3(from the choices given)
8. DEFENDER – Defense/Dodge #3 (from the choices given)/ Counter Attack #3(from any of the choices given)
9. DELTA
10. ATTACKER - Defense/Dodge #4 (from the choices given)/ Attack #4(from the choices given)
11. DEFENDER – Defense/Dodge #4 (from the choices given)/ Counter Attack #4(from any of the choices given)
12. GAMMA
13. Attacker or Defender – Does the Kill

Kahl - a korean sword drill I was playing with

KAHL

Left Collar Bone, Right Collar Bone, Head – Right Rib, Left Rib, Groin

Left Rib, Right Shoulder, Right Hip – Right Rib, Left Shoulder, Left Hip

Left Hip, Right Hip, Groin – Right Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Head

Left Temple, Right Rib, Left Hip – Right Temple, Left Rib, Right Hip

Right Collar Bone, Groin, Left Temple – Left Collar Bone, Head, Right Temple

Rib strike, LS – Rib strike, RS

Collar Bone strike, LH – Collar Bone Strike RH

Eye strike, G – Eye strike, Head

song trapped in my head

She is a song you can’t escape,
A looping discord melody,
A misty image you cannot shape,
Of a tune you cannot yourself free,

There it is again that refrain,
I thought it I could kill,
The ancient favorite now I disdain.
Nostalgia bests the conquering will.


Where is the significance,
Is This victory Phyrric,
is there some deeper resonance,
please Just get off that one lyric,

SO there again it plays,
Her music fine but repeated,
But I got work to do these days,
Although by memory defeated.

peace of my heart

Peace of my Heart


Burning leaves and photographs,
Moments Etched in pages,
Cut the eyes as epitaphs,
As the old poet rages,

It’s been too long my half soul,
Since I’ve heard a sweet whisper,
Decaying Comprises this autumnal stroll,
Where leaves crunch the crisper,

In my bones The winter settles,
The once fired blood now chills,
In the quietus tween the battles,
Is Where the memory kills,

Were there lines I did miss,
When I acted my part in this play.
unmade by time, that promise,
When you’ve gone so far away,

Lights dim on our rented stage,
The actors played their wages part,
Embers scar the burning page,
For a piece of my heart

lamentations

just threw out a bunch of old pictures, bad poetry and love letters from a time long ago. Gods I miss them sometimes. Be safe my friends, my lovers, my old ghosts, I remember you and cherish you. And though you can't read these words realize my ...love for you is forever. See you in Valhalla. And know that in the process of transformation you took a bit of me with you. A sacrifice I would gladly make again.