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Swords Of Chivalry: Historical Sword Fighting
June 1, 2012
Swords of Chivalry: Historical Sword Combat
June 3, 2012
Swords Of Chivalry: Historical Sword Fighting
June 8, 2012
Swords of Chivalry: Historical Sword Combat
June 10, 2012
Swords Of Chivalry: Historical Sword Fighting
June 15, 2012
In Other Words...
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”- Pema Chodron
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Chivalry and Power
Posted on October 23, 2004 | No CommentsAmbition, competition and desire are not the bane of the Code of Chivalry. The quality of chivalry is defined by how we seek power, and by what we do with it once it’s in our grasp. -
Knightly Trash Service
Posted on October 13, 2004 | No CommentsI was driving on the freeway during my lunch hour the other day when I witnessed something that brought to mind the actions of a knight. The road I was... -
True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 1
Posted on September 25, 2004 | No CommentsHidden not very deeply in Chrétien’s presentation of the conflicts within the chivalric assumptions about masculine and feminine identity ... is the distinction between a nobility of birth, verified by the externals of knightly and noble show, and a nobility of virtue, validated by individual nature. -
True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 2
Posted on September 24, 2004 | 1 CommentThe Code of Chivalry helped soften the brutal warriors’ ethos into the more sympathetic and cooperative spirit that we still admire today as part of an inner nobility and strength of character -
True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 3
Posted on September 23, 2004 | No CommentsIf a clue to the dreams of a culture can be found in the quality of its escapes, we now seem to be living in a debased if modern chivalric world, still fascinated by the solitary knight sallying forth to cure the evils of the world -
WWKAD (What Would King Arthur Do?)
Posted on September 20, 2004 | No CommentsWhat could we learn about virtue, honor and leadership if we looked to the founder of the Round Table as an example of practical and chivalrous action in the modern world? -
warrior’s code of honor in the modern world, I’m usually using the term warrior symbolically to conjure up a sense of self-respect and strength in a competitive environment. But in East Los Angeles, there’s a man who is confronting a different type of “warrior culture,” one based on real violence and brutality. For him the word warrior is no colorful metaphor." title="Taking Chivalry to the Street" />Taking Chivalry to the Street
Posted on September 5, 2004 | No CommentsWhen I talk about exploring the Code of Chivalry as a warrior’s code of honor in the modern world, I’m usually using the term warrior symbolically to conjure up a sense of self-respect and strength in a competitive environment. But in East Los Angeles, there’s a man who is confronting a different type of “warrior culture,” one based on real violence and brutality. For him the word warrior is no colorful metaphor. -
A Return to Chivalry? – Part 1
Posted on August 25, 2004 | 1 Comment“Is chivalry dead?” I ask my Western Civilization students. The responses are invariably electric. As attenuated its forms, as rare its observance may be, chivalry still retains a significant place in the modern memory. -
A Return to Chivalry – Part 2
Posted on August 24, 2004 | No CommentsOnce students become aware that the vulgarization of the relations between the sexes is taking place before their very eyes, they are ready to discuss the importance of chivalry in the history of Western civilization. -
A Return to Chivalry – Part 3
Posted on August 23, 2004 | No CommentsThe fact of the matter is that young males today do not have the slightest idea of what it means to be men. And yet the desire of young men to be something more than irresponsible boys or even “nice persons” remains as strong as ever
