The Warrior’s Quest Posted by Matt Little on 25th Apr 2025 "Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men." - Miyamoto Musashi Both the eastern and western warrior traditions have a literary and historical history of the warrior’s quest. The … read more
Codes of Honor Posted by Matt Little on 23rd Apr 2025 “A man’s got to have a code.” - David Simon I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently about the historic warrior codes such as bushido and chivalry. He was of the opinion, … read more
Engagement Sequences Posted by Matt Little on 6th Apr 2025 ‘When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to last.” - Miyamoto Musashi The … read more
Competition and Combat Redux Posted by Matt Little on 16th Mar 2025 “War means fighting, and fighting means killing.” ― Nathan Bedford Forrest In the several years since I wrote my first piece on the value of competition as training for combat, much has ch … read more
Randomizing Training Posted by Matt Little on 13th Mar 2025 “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso I’ve been having some very interesting conversations about training lately wi … read more