Comments on: It was the futility that amused us https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/it-was-the-futility-that-amused-us/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/it-was-the-futility-that-amused-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2765298 Isegoria Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:54:45 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44722#comment-2765298 How popular is jukendo (Japanese bayonet fighting)?

In response to a request from the 30,000 member All-Japan Jukendo Federation, in April 2017 the Japanese government added Jukendo to the list of nine approved martial arts for Japanese junior high schools. As of 2017 only one school had taken it up.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/it-was-the-futility-that-amused-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2765294 Isegoria Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:52:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44722#comment-2765294 Yeah, Clark, it’s amazing how many interesting passages I found in Dunlap’s book. It helps that the Kindle edition is so easy to highlight — and that I can share the highlights via Bookcision.

]]> By: Clark Cooper https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/it-was-the-futility-that-amused-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2764623 Clark Cooper Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:02:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44722#comment-2764623 Man, you struck the motherload with this Dunlap book. I don’t think you’ve ever mined this many posts from one document before.

]]> By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/it-was-the-futility-that-amused-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2764557 Lu An Li Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:22:44 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44722#comment-2764557 Jukendo still a competitive martial art in Japan. Popular? Bayonet fighting is what it is, minus the butt strokes as taught to an American serviceman.

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