Indigenous Ability

“ The art of war is no more than the art of augmenting the chances which are in our favor .”-Napoleon All thinking combat tacticians, whether sportsman or reality-arena focused, know and respect the realities of estimable mathematics. That is, the easy disparities or lack of when it comes to adversarial comparisons. For example, “ He is much bigger than I, and likely stronger or at least possessing of more mass so I will adjust thusly .” Or, “ My reach in comparison with the long-armed fellow before me is a bit on the lean side so I would be wise to shift tactics.” In the street we estimate numbers in the following broad categories… One -Number of Potential Foes Two -Size of Potential Foes Relative to our own Size. Three -If a weapon is involved, we make on-the-spot calculations of range efficiencies. Blades are a threat at this distance, cudgels at this, firearms here and so on. In the realm of sports combat weight classes have already provi...

[This entry likely appeals only to the deep-diving combat thinker. It is best read in conjunction with   Combat Archeology: Surface Mining & The Amber Problem.  That link also has freebie video.] We open with an anecdote to illustrate one of today’s two points. Two trappers, one old one young, wound up hunting and travelling together for a season. The younger respects the elder’s wisdom and know-how and keeps an avid eye on all that he does. He treats this season as one of intensive study. He watches how the old man cuts for sign, where he places traps, where he skips traps in areas that seemed fertile ground at first glance. He even subtly tries to imitate the old man’s series of odd rolling movements that he performs after he alights from horseback and just before they head off to trail game. In short, whatever the old man does, he does. He has a thirst for knowledge. But in the beginning, he asks few questions, a bit of pride and all that.  As ...