The White Shadow Dojo is a Martial Arts school run by Gwynne and David in western New York. This blog features information on our book "The Rhythm of One", our class offerings, a calendar of events, an edged weapons forum, articles on knife design, and a community space for the research and dissemination of Martial Arts. "Sometimes irreverant, often opinionated, always brutally honest."
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The art of self-defense is not about brute force or fancy techniques. It is all about who is left standing. For any technique to be effective it has to be simple, and that was our goal, to break self-defense down to its most elemental state. If you hope to have any chance of surviving an attack by a street thug, mugger, or rapist, you should read our book.
When Two Tigers Fight Book
The primary focus of "When Two Tigers Fight" is modern fighting knives and their makers. We offer guidance on finding and buying a quality fighting knife that best fits your budget, defense needs, and technical capabilities. This of One." We believe that victory goes to the person who fights with intelligence and subtlety, therefore the advanced techniques we offer are not more complicated, they are more elemental. In this book we also devote more thought to knife on knife conflicts, describing ineffective stances and debunking dangerous techniques commonly taught today.