Budo in the 21st century is an anachronism. Whether we are talking about koryu budo from the before 1868, or the gendai budo, the modern a...

Awareness makes budo work. Without it, it doesn’t matter how good  your maegeri or your uchimata is.  You’re going to get clocked before y...

Previously I wrote about structure and spacing . Closely related and entwined with spacing is timing. Timing is the subtle ingredient that...

There is no single essential element of good budo. There are a number of elements that make up the common foundations of all good budo, w...