The fifth issue of Jissen is now ready for download! We have over 80 pages of quality pragmatic information for you in Jissen 5 and I hope you find it all enjoyable, educational and thought provoking. Each issue is getting a massive amount of downloads and the feedback has been universally positive. Good to know you obviously feel we’re hitting the mark!
I’ve received quite a few emails from readers stating how much they like the “themed” nature of previous issues. I have to confess that any common threads running though previous issues were entirely accidental! If an article is well written, information focussed, and pragmatically biased then we’ll do our best to find space for it. However, whilst totally unintentional, I will claim any credit on offer for the fact that a number of Jissen 5’s articles discuss the relationship between traditional and modern self-protection systems! I hope you enjoy our contributors’ thoughts on these issues as much as I did.
Issue 5 also sees us include the first two of a series of interviews conducted by Michael Rosenbaum! All of the people interviewed are skilled and experienced practical martial artists. Michael’s thoughtful questions allow the reader to learn from the experiences of the interviewees and for them to share their hard-won knowledge. This month we kick things off with two superb pieces with Ed Francisco (USA) & Gary Chamberlain (UK). In the next issue we’ve got another great interview with leading realist Dave Turton, with yet more interviews to follow! I’m very grateful to Michael and all those who have been interviewed. These information heavy pieces are what interviews should be and you can be assured that no vacuous personality pieces will grace the pages of this publication.
Contents: Reality Based Training! What Is It & Who Really Needs It? – Traditional Values – Self-Defence & The Law – Chinto Kata: History & Application – Ed Francisco Interview – Martial Arts Scepticism: Martial Appeals – Extract from “Waking Dragons”: The Field of Truth – Tradition & Reality – Contact in Training: Part 1 Making Contact – Gary Chamberlain Interview – Feeling Fear & Practicing Kata – Transitional Aspects in Karate: Part 1 – Okinawan Karate: An Eclectic Arsenal – The Bunkai of Basics 3: Hikite – The Little Black Book of Violence Foreword – The Way of Kata: Part 5 – The Gearbox Concept
Contributors: Rev. Arthur Chenevey – Tony Somers – D. Cooper – Iain Abernethy – Ed Francisco – Michael Rosenbaum – Jamie Clubb – Goran Powel – Ben Hockman – Stewart McGill – J.W. Titchen – Gary Chamberlain – Martin O’Malley – Chris Denwood – Matthew Apsokardu – Matthew Miller – Sergeant Rory Miller – Kris Wilder – Lawrence Kane – Mark Campbell
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