Blood Gods

C.S. Lewis once asked: "Why are holy places always dark places?" The temples of our many human gods have always been places shrouded in mystery, secrets and of course darkness. Do the gods hide from us in the shadows for a reason? Are they shy? Are they too terrible for the eyes of man to view? Maybe the gods are just simply something that the average person could not understand if they were to look upon them.

The Literature of Video Games

It is my honest opinion that someday people will consider some video games' writing and writers on the same level as many of their contemporary novels and novelists. This may not be something that happens in the near future, but it is something that I would personally abdicate. The main reason people are so skeptical of video game literature is that most people don't realize that there are hundreds of genres of video game. They are not all Call of Duty, Mario, and World of Warcraft.

Bushido and Chivalry

I grew up in two different cultures. Now when most people say this they are in fact referring to how one of their parents was white and the other was some other race, but not so for me. Both of my parents are white. I simply was exposed to something that is well outside of the traditional western values my parents associate themselves with. I almost don't know if to this day they fully realize how much of a profound impact on my personal philosophy studying martial arts in the very traditional school I attended had on me.

The Death of the Martial Artist

There are some people that when you meet them you cannot help but think to yourself: if this man were to die the world would have lost something irreplaceable. This man that I have the pleasure of knowing is not famous, though that is mostly of his own choice. His teaching and actions have shaped a large part of my life and shaped my understanding of many things from the body, art, philosophy, combat, respect, integrity, and discipline. I owe this man much of what I am today.

An Interpretation of Mythology

I sometimes wonder if all the gods anyone has ever heard of really do exist. I doubt they are all exactly as we are told they are supposed to be. Sometimes I wonder if all the gods we've heard of aren't Christianities demons masquerading as deities to trick people into doing their bidding. If nothing else they could make people break the first commandment. I cannot prove this, but it seems as good an answer as any.