“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

White-knighting is not worth an ass-beating

A (male) writer for the Telly is somewhat perplexed as to why he couldn’t do the “gentlemanly” thing and step in during an altercation between a large man and a small woman: The man wouldn’t let her get away. As she grew visibly more distressed, his...

Suddenly I’m liking her better

It’s no real secret that I’m not exactly a big fan of “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. I was actually rooting for Alexis Davis to beat her in UFC 175’s co-headline event, but that didn’t happen; in fact, that fight lasted just sixteen seconds....

Midget-punching

[I had several different titles in mind for this one, ranging from “How to Push a Girl’s Buttons: Sparring Edition”, to “Punching Girls in the Face”, to my personal favourite alternative, “Didact Beats Up Short Chick, Hilarity...

A lot of horse-hockey

Normally I rather agree with what the contributors write over at Return of Kings. Recently, though, one article caught my attention and I couldn’t help but chuckling at its advice: There are many different ways to strengthen the mind such as traveling and...

Not entirely a myth…

Vox has some rather amusing, quite unkind, and (mostly) accurate things to say about women learning the art of Krav Maga: There is a very big difference between training and the real thing. There is nearly as big a difference between drill and full-contact sparring....

Kill bullshido with fire

If ever you needed a good reason to hate bullshido, I’ve found at least two. Via Cage Potato: Remember when we said nobody on Martial Arts Fail of the Week could possibly be worse than Ashida Kim?  We might’ve been wrong. ...