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(2014): the Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA: 282 P The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel Donald Miskel International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association www.icmaua.com 2014 UDC: 796.8/ The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA, 2014: 282 p. www.icmaua.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ Recommended citation: Donald Miskel (2014): The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA: 282 p. www.icmaua.com Editor: Dr. Mihails Pupinsh, ICMAUA Disclaimer The full responsibility for the published material, text, photos of third persons, and pictures belongs to the author, Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. The logos of and documents from other organizations were sent by the author and are used only as illustrations. The publisher, editor, and the ICMAUA disclaim responsibility for any liability, injuries, or damages. Address for correspondence: [email protected] Text, pictures © Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. All rights reserved Issue, design © ICMAUA. All rights reserved 2 The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA, 2014: 282 p. www.icmaua.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ On the books series The International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association (ICMAUA, www.icmaua.com) publishes the book series “The Way of the Grandmaster” authors’ (the Masters and Grandmasters) works on all aspects of Grandmasters and Masters Martial Arts research, history, trainings, journey, teaching, education, and philosophy, personals life, and real self-defense cases. Dear Grandmasters! Please, send us your own written author work on your Martial Arts Way for publishing! The Books series “The Way of the Grandmaster” will be published in a PDF format "as is written by author (the Grandmaster)", without any changes (also grammatical or stylistic) in the text. The Books “The Way of the Grandmaster” are written free-of-charge by the authors (the Grandmasters) and are distributed in open source at www.icmaua.com to the 670 organizational members (organizations, associations, federations, clubs, dojo, schools) and head instructors, members from 98 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia & Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia. Dr. Mihails Pupinsh, ICMAUA www.icmaua.com 3 The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA, 2014: 282 p. www.icmaua.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS A Brief Resume ..................................................................................................... 6 A SCIENTIFIC BREAK DOWN OF THE STRIKE .............................................10 BLACK LOTUS: FORM, FUNCTION AND FOCUS...........................................21 BLACK LOTUS FOUNDATIONS .........................................................................27 BUILDING ON A PREEXISTING FOUNDATION ...........................................33 BUILDING ON THE BASICS ...............................................................................37 CENTERING ............................................................................................................44 CHRISTIAN MARTIAL ARTS, RANK AND ADVANCEMENT .......................50 COMING OF AGE ...................................................................................................56 CONDITIONING FOR THE MARTIAL ARTIST ..............................................60 DEVELOPING SPEED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS ...............................................64 EMBRACING THE ATTACK OF THE TIGER .....................................................68 FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR OBSERVATIONS ...............................................................75 FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT ............................................................................79 FOUNDATIONS AND ORIGINS .........................................................................83 GOOD OUT OF THE GATE (TEACHING FROM EXPERIENCE) ...................86 KARATE AND THE GRANDMASTER .................................................................91 KATA AND OLD SCHOOL KARATE ...................................................................96 KARATE FOR THE MASTERS ..............................................................................99 LINEAGE AND THE TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS .................................104 LIVING LEGACIES ...............................................................................................108 MARTIAL ARTS AS MINISTRY.........................................................................112 MARTIAL ART SNOBBERY ...............................................................................118 MENTAL KUNG FU ..............................................................................................122 NEW BIRTHS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES ...................................................126 NO HOLDS BARRED ..........................................................................................131 4 The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA, 2014: 282 p. www.icmaua.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD .......................................................137 REAL WORLD MARTIAL ARTS ........................................................................143 REMINISCING .....................................................................................................150 RENSHIS, SHIHANS AND HANSHIS (OH MY) ............................................154 RISING FROM THE ASHES ...............................................................................162 SELF DEFENSE VS. PERSONAL SECURITY .....................................................165 STILLNESS IN COMBAT .....................................................................................169 STRENGTH IN UNITY ........................................................................................175 STRENGTH TRAINING AND THE MARTIAL ARTS .....................................179 STRENGTH VERSES POWER ..............................................................................183 STUDENTS OF THE HEART ...............................................................................195 THE DEADLIEST MAN ALIVE (GETTING OVER OURSELVES) ..................199 THE LITTLE THINGS ..........................................................................................204 THE MOMENT OF CONTACT ............................................................................208 THE MOTHER OF INVENTION ........................................................................217 THE POWER OF MEDIOCRITY ........................................................................220 THE REINVENTION OF SELF............................................................................225 TRAINING IN THE NOJO .................................................................................232 TRANSPARENCY IN THE MARTIAL ARTS ....................................................240 UNARMED AGAINST A BLADE ........................................................................244 With G.M. Clinton Jacobs ........................................................................................251 WEEDING OUT THE WEEDS .............................................................................251 WHITE BELT KARATE FOR THE BLACK BELT FIGHTER ...........................256 WILD WILD WEST (MARTIAL ARTS IN A GUN ORIENTED SOCIETY) .259 ZEN AND MAKIWARI TRAINING ...................................................................265 RESUME .................................................................................................................271 Credentials .........................................................................................................275 NOTES FOR AUTHORS .........................................................................................281 5 The Way of the Grandmaster: Rev. Dr. Donald Miskel. ICMAUA, 2014: 282 p. www.icmaua.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ A Brief Resume My name is Donald Miskel. I was born in McComb Mississippi in October of 1947. My family migrated to Chicago when I was four years old. I was raised in Chicago’s inner city. The neighborhoods I grew up in were pretty tough even by Chicago standards but mine was a relatively happy childhood. I learned to fight early. Fighting was survival tool and physical aggression and mental toughness had to be learned early. I managed to learn both better than most. I had good eye hand coordination, speed balance and a well-honed killer instinct
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