I was studying Chinese Kenpo Karate back in 1967. I have to tell you there was not a lot of martial arts being taught back then. Judo had become known during the 50’s, and karate was making it’s impact during the 60’s, but the gung fu craze of the 70’s, and the ninpo phase of the 90’s were still far away.

At any rate, I was studying what I thought had to be the best art in the world, and I was studying under a person who I just knew was the deadliest man to ever walk the face of the planet. After all, the other instructors all told me he was just unbeatable, and he even had trophies in the window! How could I consider doubting?

In studying the martial arts I was struck by one simple thing: the randomness of it all. When I developed Matrixing I found that randomness increased with the age of an art. The longer an art had been around, the apt it was to be random.

The point here is that when an art is ‘invented,’ it is usually developed along certain logical lines. As times pass, and the art is no longer used in combat, these lines tend to blur. Logic begins to disappear.