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The Warrior Monk: Part 3 The Eastern Forge

How Martial Arts Created the Warrior-Monk

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Thompson Defense Journal
Oct 18, 2025
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The Sacred Violence of Enlightenment

When Jim Channon envisioned his First Earth Battalion, he wasn’t just imagining soldiers who meditated. He was reaching back through centuries of Eastern tradition to resurrect something the West had largely forgotten: the warrior who fights not despite his spirituality, but because of it. To understand Channon’s revo…

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