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Rusty Kanokogi, Rest in Peace

Rusty Kanokogi

Rusty Kanokogi

As many of you know, I was at the Banana Conference in LA.  I will post on it soon, but first I wanted to acknowledge Rusty Kanokogi for her contributions to judo.

The NY Times has her obituary here.  Rusty Kanokogi was considered the mother of women’s judo.  She fought for the right for women to compete by competing with and winning against men.  To say she had an impact on women’s judo would be an understatement–without her involvement, we probably wouldn’t have women’s judo in the Olympics, we probably wouldn’t have Yawara-chan, and it’s likely that there would be far fewer female martial artists in the world today.  See more here.

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PUA Schools and the Quest for Liberation

William and I have recently been debating on whether the Asian Playboy created his own system of pickup, and whether it’s right that Mystery, whom everyone agrees was Playboy’s original teacher, doesn’t get credit on the main section of APB’s website. I’m neither a Mystery nor an APB disciple, so on some level, it doesn’t make a difference to me. However, I think it’s an interesting question, both philosophically and practically. For William, it makes a difference since it’s how he defines himself and his activism. Is he an ABC guy, a Mystery Method guy, or will he do his own thing?  To further explore this question in depth, let’s look at martial arts.

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