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The fact, however, to which i want to call attention is that the master of judo never relies upon his own strength. he scarcely uses his own strength in the greatest emergency. then what does he use? simply the strength of his antagonist. the force of the enemy is the only means by which that enemy is overcome.

-Lafcadio Hearn

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The Fact, However, To Which I Want

Lafcadio Hearn

The fact, however, to which i want to call attention is that the master of judo never relies upon his own strength. he scarcely uses his own strength in the greatest emergency. then what does he use? simply the strength of his antagonist. the force of the enemy is the only means by which that enemy is overcome.

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The enemy of the black is not the white. the enemy of capitalist is not communist, the enemy of homosexual is not heterosexual, the enemy of jew is not arab, the enemy of youth is not the old, the enemy of hip is not redneck, the enemy of chicano is not gringo and the enemy of women is not men. we all have the same enemy. the enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind. the enemy is every expert who practices technocratic manipulation, the enemy is every proponent of standardization and the enemy is every victim who is so dull and lazy and weak as to allow himself to be manipulated and standardized.

I'm always on the road, and i drive rental cars. sometimes i don't know what's going on with the car, and i'll drive for ten miles with the emergency brake on. that doesn't say a lot for me, but it doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake. what kind of emergency is this? i need to not stop now. it's not really an emergency brake, it's an emergency make-the-car-smell-funny lever.

Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. the constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. its grants of power to the federal government and its limitations of the power of the states were determined in the light of emergency, and they are not altered by emergency.

I may venture to say, loosely, that in judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. only the judo expert does not oppose such movements at all. no, he yields to them. but he does much more than yield to them. he aids them with a wicked sleight that causes the assailant to put out his own shoulder, to fracture his own arm, or in a desparate case, even to break his own neck or back.

I'm not a master. i'm a student-master, meaning that i have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but i'm still learning. so i'm a student-master. i don't believe in the word 'master.' i consider the master as such when they close the casket.

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a trojan horse of "emergency". it was the tactic of lenin, hitler, and mussolini. in the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. and "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. this technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.

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