About Basho

Bio: Philosopher, filmmaker, writer and AI expert. Occupation: Head of AI for a large corporation. Interests: Watches, debate, cooking, computer-gaming, reading, writing, videoing, martial arts, air­soft, movies, diving, skiing… (The list goes on — Basho is a philosopher and therefore into everything!)
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Tier 1 Military Simulation – Urban Airsoft Training Day

2016-10-18T18:51:41+01:00

Criticism isn't as easy as people like to think. This is because that, while everyone knows when things have not gone optimally, as the old adage goes, “opinions are like assholes; everyone has got one”. However opinions are not often the result of well thought-out analysis, but rather the result of frustration and the need to vent anger. In airsoft, where bad command decisions can lead directly to the unquestionably real pain of being laced or embarrassed, most teams have a very simple method of dealing with the potential for such situations: They don’t have commanders at all.

Tier 1 Military Simulation – Urban Airsoft Training Day2016-10-18T18:51:41+01:00

Tier 1 Military Simulation – Airsoft Training Day

2016-10-18T18:51:47+01:00

It is often said that Airsoft is a game of extreme variety. At one end of the spectrum there are the speedball players who only play in small arenas. For they the game is about CQC accuracy, high rates of fire and aggression. Tactics tend to be personal and if they play as a team at all it is usually in very small groups. There is hardly what could be called commanders. This was the airsoft of Electrowerkz. Veterans of that site tend to be tough, able to run into massive volumes of fire without flinching and a little unhinged. All the way at the other end of the spectrum is the sort of military simulation that companies such as Stirling offer in the form of training missions, hiking into countryside for 2 days for a 10 minute fire fight and being tortured when captured. It is into this enormous dichotomy that Tier 1 Military Simulations has launched their services pitched at both parties.

Tier 1 Military Simulation – Airsoft Training Day2016-10-18T18:51:47+01:00

Bodh Gaya Part 2 and onwards to Sarnath

2016-10-18T18:51:47+01:00

Eating food in India is no joke. On one hand there are high-end coffee cafes that have prices that could only make sense to the gainfully employed. High-end coffee needs to be carefully metered out as it is too comforting and familiar a western experience to eat in such a cafe. Not only does it take you away from your local-encounters in this mighty country, but also takes a large amount of Indian coin from your purse and that directly affects how much you have to spend on the fun things.

Bodh Gaya Part 2 and onwards to Sarnath2016-10-18T18:51:47+01:00

Ground Zero Weekender 2010 – The DA Team

2021-03-29T10:46:02+01:00

It was when I was sitting in the steam room at Virgin Active with 20 sweaty men all dressed in the same set of bright beach shorts, and making jokes about their penises, that something struck me as odd, “This has to be,” I announced into the cloud of steam, which was being jetted into the room at an alarming rate and temperature, “the most surreal Ground Zero Weekender I have ever been to.”

Ground Zero Weekender 2010 – The DA Team2021-03-29T10:46:02+01:00

Mysore

2016-10-18T18:52:11+01:00

In India, catching a tuk tuk and negotiating the fare – or even the simple existence of the destination – is a national pastime. Not one driver, in three months, took us where we wanted to go without comment, argument or an all out fight. At first, this grates on the nerves and then you cant help but be brought down by it. Then you feel victimised for being western and (relatively) rich. You start to think that they are all out to get you personally. However, it is none of these; it is an official sport. Take it as a sport, a sparring match, and you suddenly find it fun.

Mysore2016-10-18T18:52:11+01:00

Sennybridge, a Basho film about “The Chernarus Conflict”

2021-03-29T10:44:42+01:00

To those of you who play computer games, the country of Chernarus may ring a few bells. As anyone who loves the Arma series of games from Bohemia Interactive will tell you Chernarus, or Black Russia, is a fictional post-USSR country somewhere in the East that is used as the main game location. TA Events have licensed the entire storyline from Bohemia meaning that players at the event could sign up to the various factions found in the series. When someone says that you should get out from behind the keyboard and get some exercise, these events enable you to re live the brilliant, in-depth storyline for (almost) real. A detailed account of the factions and background to the event can be found here and it has a very professional depth to it not usually available to airsofters.

Sennybridge, a Basho film about “The Chernarus Conflict”2021-03-29T10:44:42+01:00

Airsoft Adventures Podcast

2021-03-29T10:45:20+01:00

I have been playing airsoft now for 7 years, which is an easy date for me to remember as I started my first proper skirmish on my stag night. I went on from there to play regularly at the old London site of Electrowerkz and was soon drafted into the Dark Angels (as they were then known); a 30 strong team of serious CQB players. Soon after that I was asked to join the marshalling team at Electrowerkz and rose to become a senior marshal and even ran the venue on my own a few times. Unfortunately, Electrowerkz closed on the day I left to go travelling and the Dark Angels became team Delta-Alpha. They have gone from strength to strength since then and have successfully branched out into playing military simulation games as well as appearing on TV, a music video and as “resistance security” for the Sarah Connor Chronicles London launch party

Airsoft Adventures Podcast2021-03-29T10:45:20+01:00

The Harsh Judge

2016-10-18T18:52:19+01:00

For most martial artists, being mugged in broad daylight is an unlikely occurrence. Fit, aware and confident looking people do not make inviting targets. However, in modern society criminals are [...]

The Harsh Judge2016-10-18T18:52:19+01:00

Goa: The Beach Life

2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

I lay on my back and tried to relax. The sound of rolling waves crashed back and forth in the distance, which helped. However, the sun was beating down, heating [...]

Goa: The Beach Life2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

The Ellora Caves

2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

One of the unique things about India, and one that you never quite come to terms with, is the trains. I would even go as far as to say that [...]

The Ellora Caves2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

Sunset in Mumbai

2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

The November terrorist attacks on Mumbai was something we had worried about before landing in the city, but to look at the place it was as though they had never [...]

Sunset in Mumbai2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

New Basho Artwork

2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

Dear all, A couple of weeks, Cesca and I went to a very strange cafe. It was a cafe where not only do they serve food, but also ceramics! The [...]

New Basho Artwork2016-10-18T18:52:20+01:00

This is India

2016-10-18T18:52:30+01:00

I flipped out my phone and called the hotel. We were waiting outside the Mumbai airport, it was late, dark and the pickup area was badly lit by the low [...]

This is India2016-10-18T18:52:30+01:00

Operation Zulu

2021-03-29T10:46:39+01:00

The DA’s have played some unusual games over the years, but this was a first for us: this was the first time that we were asked to be a scripted opposition. The idea has a lot of merit if you think about it. Firstly, games often ebb and flow randomly. One side may gain the upper hand in an attack, but they loose too many men to reinforce the position and soon are driven back and it is the other team who are then on the offensive. Similar to a game of football. However, sometimes a team simply hammers all opposition to such an extent that the suffering team cannot fulfil their objectives at all. Sometimes they cannot get out of their safe zone. The game suddenly becomes unbalanced, tempers raise, cries of cheating go up and no fun is had at all. Well, at least none by the team getting a kicking.

Operation Zulu2021-03-29T10:46:39+01:00
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