Functional Specification of Liechtenauer’s Strikes

The following is a not so serious idea to apply the method of systems engineering and software development. There the functional specification is the documentation that describes the requested behavior of an engineering system. Using that method we can define what the user wants from a system and how it should be functionally implemented. Document objectives …

διάλογος – Solo Practice

Q: Master Talhoffer, is it true that long solo exercises akin to those of karate-do simply have no value whatsoever. A: No. Q: But our art cannot be learned without partners, however hard you try! A: Sure, you can learn anything without a partner or teacher whatsoever. Q: But I thought that solo exercises that can only be of …

TALHOFFERING – do it NOW!

This was a funny event I did with my Hans Talhoffer FB account in July 2011.  I was just bored a bit at my bicycle ride to the office and this idea came to my mind. I created the following text and invited 1100 people to this event. It took only 4 hours until more …