WATCH YOUR WORDS
Mar 16, 2021
4 minutes
BY DAVE LOWRY
This may seem far-fetched. Most of us don’t believe in magic spells, in the ability of mere words to affect the physical world. Nobody has died because someone pointed a finger at them and shouted “bang!” That said, there are ways that words can affect not just our perceptions but also the way we exist. The karate dojo is but one place where this can happen.
How do you, for example, translate Probably you’ll say “upper-level block.” Uke, though, does not mean “to block.” The uke in judo or does not block. He or she “receives” the
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