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Sicilian knife fighting

Salvaging History and Saving the Martial Arts

  This weekend has been a blur of activity. Friday evening was consumed by the first “open mat” sparring night at the Central Lightsaber Academy (which was a blast), Saturday was devoted to a day-long seminar on Sicilian knife fighting... Continue Reading →

Translating the Sicilian Knife

“If translation is a form of betrayal, then the translator pays their debt by bringing fame to the ethnic culture…It is in translation’s faithless that [Sicily] survives and thrives.  A faithlessness that gives the beloved life — is that not…faithfulness... Continue Reading →

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