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Oct 27, 2023Liked by Leslie Sam Kim

Sounds like a perfect example of high consequence flow arts. Like juggling, poi or hooping with very sharp teeth. During my time studying martial arts in China, I fondly recall a fellow student attempting to learn the meteor hammer -- essentially a metal ball on a length of string/chain/rope.

Much appreciated for writing about your experience. Those kinds of weapons seemed so daunting to me to even begin considering actually learning ha!

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Fascinating Leslie. The life parallels you've highlighted resonate, but I feel like I'd hurt myself quicker with that thing in my hands than I would my real life. : )

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do you learn with the actual weapon???

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..."the only thing we can do in chaos is remain balanced, untangled, and resilient amidst the unpredictability."......what a rad way to slow down...great read!

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Leslie, one day, you will teach me how to use the kyoketsu shoge. So glad you included that video because I was like okay, I need to see this in action ASAP to understand it.

What a beautiful lesson.

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