NISHINO: 'Unfurling' (Very Profound Protocol Refinement)

"And give to dust that is a little gilt

More laud than gold o'er-dusted."

— Shakespeare (Troilus and Cressida)

Sometimes I don’t dish out the full depth of these practices because I don’t really believe readers are going to be able to absorb it. That’s NOT shading all you readers - Steve Jobs told us at Apple in the day “Never blame the user”. It’s just that the deepest stuff isn’t really physical, it’s not like swing your arm 45 degrees, open left foot… I understand it’s human nature to want something visually demonstrable. A new protocol with slicing, swooping, pivoting, and maybe just a hint of preening is the most attractive. Whereas the real shit really is 99% mental - and looks dull. Mental yes, but not sedentary - and that’s what probably confuses people about everything I report on.

Anyway I have to keep trying. So today I’ll give another turn of the screw to Bare Metal Minimality’s Nishino drill (Chapter 3). Warning, this really is ‘mostly mental’. If you haven’t yet played with the physical frame of the drill, I suggest you work the basic form as described in the book, with full attention to every physical and mental nuance described there. None of the BMM chapters are TLDR. It shouldn’t be too burdensome.

Now let’s dive deeper… this one will seem so subtle when you read the description below, but once you actually get it running Holy Shit it’s incredible.