Truth in the Martial Arts: Aikido, Violence and the Practice of the Self

‘Truth in the Martial Arts.’ Introduction to a paper delivered at the Martial Arts Studies conference in Cardiff Wales, July 19-21, 2016 Part of my interest in writing this paper was to take an opportunity to think about Giorgio Agamben’s concept of a form-of-life. Despite its apparent affinity to sociological concepts like Marx’s species being … Continue reading →