Tamahagane, traditional steel, is filled with impurities and requires repeated heating and hammering just to get the impurities out. On...

“Budo is more than just techniques.”  We hear things like this all the time. Then we go back to practicing techniques and kata. If bud...

A while back I wrote about mushin 無心 , usually translated as “no mind” in English.  It’s an aspect of the mental development we stri...

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...