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Thoreau, The Ojibwe & Frontier JKD by Mark Hatmaker

 


[First, Mr. Thoreau, on resolve and every act a work of art or of defacement.]

“Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the God he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.”—Thoreau

·        Every act, every choice is but another strike of the chisel on the marble of our Lives.

·        No hammering—nothing is revealed.

·        Unaesthetic hammering, a substandard work is revealed.

·        Be it our bodies, our characters, our interactions with all—we are the Artists.

·        May we all have the Eyes and Determination of the Old Masters!

[Side-Bar: Me and the Missus will be travellin’ the Old Southwest for a combination Adventure/Research Trip the 17th thru the 26th. You can still query and place orders during that time, I simply counsel patience that I will get to these asap upon my return.]

Shinguaconse [“Little Pine” of the Ojibwe] on Broken Resolutions, Broken Promises, & False Starts



“My father, you have made promises to me and to my children. If the promises had been made by a person of no standing, I should not be surprised to see his promises fail. But you, who are so great in riches and in power, I am astonished that I did not see your promises fulfilled!

“I would have been better pleased if you had never made such promises, than that you should have made them and not performed them.”—Shinguaconse [“Little Pine” of the Ojibwe]

·        Many of us resolve to Be Better, to Do better, particularly at this time of year.

·        Some of us fall short.

·        In the Ojibwe teaching, men of no standing are simply delivering what is expected of their promises—Nothing.

·        But, a Man of Standing, a Man of Standing has a Duty to Deliver, a Duty to the Self, to Others to Live as a Man of Word.

FUEL FOR MEN OF STANDING

·        Last year’s focus for The Black Box Subscription service was Unleaded Conditioning to get the Combat Athlete, the Old School Combination Man into the best conditioning of his life, even in Old Dogs like myself.

·        And, yes, the entire 6-Block Program is now available in the store for those ready to GO! https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/store

·        This year The Black Box Brotherhood focus will be FRONTIER JKD.

·        We will offer instructional material that demonstrates and proves that throwing hands, twisting limbs, wielding weapons was a different breed of panther in the early days of these here United States.

·        The Blog and Podcast will feature historical back-up for the material…

·        Whereas The Black Box Subscription Service will be all nitty-gritty down n dirty details of this vicious amalgamation of yore that one can think of as the fat rendered drippin’s from the Old World stewed and brewed with the rough-hewn ways encountered in the Eastern Woodlands, the Great American Desert, the Mountainous Divides and the unforgiving Malpais Country.

·        Wanna join me for this hell-for-leather ride into history and forge yourself into a catamount timberbuck that howls at the Wolf Moon with a weapon in hand or without?

Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life

The Black Box Store

https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/

The Indigenous Ability Blog

https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/

The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fTpfVp2wi232k4y5EakVv...



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