気剣体一致 Ki ken tai ichi. A student recently asked me about the relationship of ki ken tai ichi to seitei iai and jo. It’s a fundam...

Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis 残心 無心 不動心 中心 誠心 As much time as we spend on physical training, budo really isn’t ab...

This started as a quick note I was going to toss off in a couple of minutes.  More than an hour later it had gotten a little out of hand.  ...

I write a lot about how to train in kata, and uke's role in pushing and stressing their partner by changing the speed, rhythm, timing a...

People talk a lot about the physical technique of budo. Budo is obviously a physical art, with techniques designed to handle the very r...