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    How to Buy Art When You’re Not Wealthy

    There is a persistent myth about collecting art that has probably kept more people from owning original artwork than almost anything else: the idea that…

    Ian August 25, 2026
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  • Blog Martial Arts

    Why Sanchin Matters

    There are kata in Uechi-Ryū Karate that are more dramatic than Sanchin. Seisan gives us more obvious fighting movements, while Sanseiryū asks us to coordinate…

    Ian August 24, 2026
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  • Blog Humanism

    Homelessness Is Someone’s Problem — Ours

    Homelessness is an uncomfortable subject. Most of us, I hope, want to help. We do not want people sleeping beneath overpasses, living in tents beside…

    Ian August 23, 2026
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  • Blog Martial Arts

    Hojo Undo: Building the Karate Body in Traditional Okinawan Karate

    Walk into an old-fashioned Okinawan karate dojo and you may notice that some of the most important training equipment looks as though it belongs in…

    Ian August 22, 2026
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  • Blog Humanism

    Crafting a Humanist Wedding: Ritual, Symbol, and the Celebration of Love

    There is something profoundly human about a wedding. Long before we divide ceremonies into religious and secular, traditional and modern, sacred and civil, there is…

    Ian August 22, 2026
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Blog Martial Arts

The Twenty Principles of Karate

Ian October 9, 2023

Master Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, laid out the Twenty Precepts of Karate (Niju kun), which are there as a guide for all…

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Blog Martial Arts

Gichin Funakoshi

Ian October 9, 2023

Founder of Shotokan Karate-Do Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa, in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters. Each trained…

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Blog Humanism

Humanist Ethics and How We Tell Right from Wrong

Ian September 17, 2023

One of the most common criticisms of humanism is the claim that without religion, morality has no foundation. If there is no divine command, no…

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Blog Martial Arts

How Understanding the History of Tai Chi Can Help You Learn and Practice Your Tai Chi Chuan Style Better

Ian June 30, 2023

The only way for you to truly understand Tai Chi Chuan is to understand its history and its development through the generations. Each style, and…

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Blog Martial Arts

Origins and Meaning of the Kung Fu Salute

Ian June 30, 2023

The Kung Fu salute or bow is known in Chinese as wushu baoquan li 武术抱拳礼 which roughly translates to the “Kungfu courtesy of covering one’s…

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Some Thoughts on Polygamy

Ian March 22, 2023

I want to share some thoughts on polygamy from a non-religious/secular perspective. But I want to begin by defining and separating it a bit from…

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Blog Amateur Radio

Q Codes

Ian March 18, 2023

Q-codes, sometimes also called Q-signals, are a collection of standardized three character codes that all start with the letter Q and were developed to help…

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What is Credit and Why is it Important?

Ian February 21, 2023

There are a lot of so-called personal finance gurus running around writing books, and getting rich, all while teaching about the evils of credit. Don’t…

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What is Money?

Ian February 11, 2023

I am a video game junkie. Going all the way back to my first console as a kid, an Atari 2600, I’ve played hundreds of…

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Blog Health & Fitness

The Body Positivity Movement Failure

Ian June 28, 2022

Let’s talk about the Body Positivity Movement. It is failing. It’s making things worse. The underlying idea is not terrible. We can’t all look like…

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