Someone posted a comment to one of my Youtube videos recently (shocker, I know), asking me why my training partner let go of my wrist while I was demonstrating a wrist-grab "escape," technique.

Now, I'd like to say this is a one-off incident but...

...I'd be lying.

And, since I don't do that (unless I'm burning bridges and setting someone up for failure who is an aggressor themselves and needs to be shut down! 🥷)...

...and you're not someone who fits that category...

I'm not.

I overlooked something in that comment that I'll talk about in a minute, and answered his question with one simple word: "leverage," ...and then a quick explanation as to how my partner wasn't intentionally "letting go."

That being said...

At least this isn't the kind of comment that I completely ignore where someone's pointing out something really stupid, like how I "forgot to take the 'sales tags' off my (martial arts rank) belt" (true story - 🤦).

You know... the omamori I have attached to my (and many other master-teacher's) belts - "blessings" / "protections" that I picked up at shrines and temples during previous trips to Japan to train with my teacher and several of the Japanese senior master teachers...

...the silk, brocade, intricately designed little pouches... ah... nevermind. ;)

We'll just leave it at: "Ego's a bitch," and can make you do some pretty dumb things while thinking you actually know what you're talking about or doing!

Anyway... here's the upside to both of these comments - the lesson for you to take away from them:


While seemingly VERY different but, these two examples do have the SAME thing in common.

What they have in common is the inability for a person to "see" - to know - what they're looking at.

In the last example, the person was completely ignoring the technique being demonstrated - their comment showing that they're doing nothing other than looking for a way to be an @ssho!e.

In the first example, I believe this person is trying to understand the lesson, but doesn't know why a technique works the way it does, and so asks an appropriate question to get that understanding.

In either case, and taking this MUCH further, this points to something about a warrior which goes WAY past doing some physical fight techniques...

...and that's in being able to "see" things...

...and see them in a way that most people have no clue about.

It's one of the things that gives a master-warrior a serious advantage over a fighter who literally fights like everyone else.  And it points to not only the ability, but also the willingness, to dive deeply into areas that most people either take for granted, dismiss because they think they already "know..."

...or overlook completely.

I explain 5 levels of this kind of "sight" development in the Bushi no Me: "Eyes of a Warrior" program.  It's a 3-hour audio recording of a training that I gave to my "Inner Circle," personal students a while back as an introduction to the subject.  It takes you through 5 ways warriors worked to understand, use, and refine their ability to "see" with clarity, insight, and purpose... whether in a life-threatening situation, or merely to produce greater success and less frustration in everyday life.

If you're interested, you can get more information and grab the training on the website here.


Every real expert's videos, FB posts, etc. are rife with this kind of thing...

...you know... commenting on things that someone thinks they know about, but they really don't.

The reason can be summed up in a quote by the late Western philosopher, Bertrand Russell, when he said:

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because
he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
 

That being said... keep sending in or posting your questions where and when you need clarity.

As long as that's what you're doing.

After all, "ignorance" (not knowing any better) is not a problem, and is (relatively) easily fixed.

Just make sure you're not being one of these "Jack-Wagons" who, in their attempt to look like a Master-tough-guy-know-it-all...while making asinine comments... ends up looking even more stupid and foolish in the eyes of everyone who sees their comment... and actually knows something!