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A Legacy of Ill-Standing (Part Two) - "The Path You Started Us On"

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What a year this has been, hasn’t it? 2022 is almost over and with it comes the close of my yearly work which consists of either trolling folks like  Dallas Wittgenfeld  or exposing the lies of such people as  Gary “I inherited nothing” Lee.  The roller coaster this year has been was very fun and full of surprises especially when  Adam McKinley and Jon Duvall   decided to go on a live podcast and scream to all that could hear it that my mentor’s friend Cayce Lancaster was an evil sexual deviant….and within twenty-four hours that whole thing fell apart.  Currently the ONLY noise coming from the Ninja Podcast is the sound of crickets in the distance. #restoretheduvallverse This was due in part to the fact that I had a background provided to me within hours by Cayce Lancaster verifying he was not what they claimed and ultimately because Lordus Sapiens also took to his own blog to dispel the rumors. I have to admit though I rather enjoyed sharing that mas...

A Legacy of Ill-Standing (Part One): The Remarkable Story of Jack "Papa-san" Stern

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Jigoro Kano, founder of Judo and someone who actually did randori. Since its inception in 1882 by Jigoro Kano Judo has been a mainstay in the Japanese education system and the country's culture as a whole. Being one of the handful of arts to truly embrace it's sport culture of randori, tournaments and pressure-tested fighting skills, Judo sought to bring the art of traditional Japanese jujutsu to the next century after the modernization of Japan. It is taught in the school system of Japan, is considered a national sport and past-time akin to how baseball and football is to the United States, and is a great system either on it's own or blends with other systems in a complementary manner. It is the parent art of Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, being as the notable Judoka  Mitsuyo Maeda took the art to Brazil in the early 20th century and taught the now-famous Gracie family who in the 1990's took their training to the UFC giving birth to what is today modern MMA.  Judo is uni...