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	<title>Pammachon rants</title>
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	<description>From the depths of time, here and now to outrage the presumptuous</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Hermit&#8217;s Bane</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/12/the-hermits-bane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I occassionally write fiction. Here&#8217;s a story that I wrote last year.&#160; I&#8217;ve recently read some things on the Internet that make it pertinent. 
The Hermit&#8217;s Bane
A short story by Kostas Dervenis 
Once, a long time ago, in the very far South there lived a great warlord who, through cunning, guile, and showmanship, not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carjacking the wrong dude</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/12/carjacking-the-wrong-dude/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/12/carjacking-the-wrong-dude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently one of my students was the victim of a carjacking attempt; things didn&#8217;t work out the way the carjackers planned, however.
Nektarios is one of Greece&#8217;s foremost grapplers and a well-respected member of the combat sports community both in this country and internationally. He has been featured in multiple historical documentaries on Greek martial arts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Web video series</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/11/new-web-video-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As we struggle with the problems that life has provided for us here in Greece, there is always time to have some fun!
I&#8217;m preparing a new video web series. This is the first one; more to follow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImaVqdYT-I
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Note: Three more videos have been uploaded (11 December 2011) 
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		<title>There are parrots in my back yard</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/09/there-are-parrots-in-my-back-yard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/09/there-are-parrots-in-my-back-yard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was awoken by the battle cries of my cat. Apparently, two parrots had intruded into her territory and were sitting on the outside rails of my balcony. The cat was trying to get at them, so I shooed them off. I guess I ruined her morning because the cat is no longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Men and Mice</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/09/of-men-and-mice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/09/of-men-and-mice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Traditional martial arts should offer a simple method of protection and independence for citizens in an age where society has pushed us to become intimidated components of a great machine, comforted only by mass consumption, instead of self-sufficient individuals full of resilience and will as is our birthright. In this brief  essay, we will examine components of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making revisions/ correcting errors, Pammachon book</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/01/making-revisions-correcting-errors-pammachon-book/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/01/making-revisions-correcting-errors-pammachon-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Making revisions/ correcting errors, Pammachon book
I just caught a major blooper in my new book on Pammachon (I caught it myself so it doesn&#8217;t count). If you could help me out with comments and corrections, dear readers, I would appreciate it.
There are some people out there who I really respect who have requested a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a word?</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/01/whats-in-a-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
There are few references to Pammachon in antiquity. One of them is the papyrus letter SB 3.6222.
 
In this letter to his sister Sophrone, a man called Dios writes how he competed in athletic games in Alexandria. He may have penned the letter himself, as indications are that Dios received a good education and belonged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Pammachon Book is out.</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/01/new-pammachon-book-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2011/01/new-pammachon-book-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear all,
 
A Happy 2011 to everyone.
 
I am happy to finally announce that the promised book on Pammachon is out. The title is Pammachon, Martial Art of the West, and it can be downloaded for free in pdf format from Lulu at:
 
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/pammachon-martial-art-of-the-west/14361038?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2
 
The book contains my conclusions, opinions and beliefs after studying martial arts for 40 years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get it straight, people</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2010/11/get-it-straight-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2010/11/get-it-straight-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t really pay attention to the groupie crowd anymore, given that I would rather be with my friends and family than slam my head against a concrete wall. I have a very hard head, but banging it against concrete inevitably hurts, and, in the end, groupies are uninteresting for many reasons.  
But I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Translation</title>
		<link>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2010/10/a-quick-translation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.pammachon.gr/2010/10/a-quick-translation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kostas Dervenis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of people have asked me for an English translation of a paragraph in an interview I gave to a Greek martial arts website. Apparently, it has raised some questions.
I don&#8217;t have the time to rewrite the section at length, but a quick machine-translation and some editing lets me post the following:
4. The esoteric [...]]]></description>
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