My first iaido teacher, the remarkable Takada Shigeo Sensei Photo Copyright Peter Boylan My teachers are in Japan. These are ...

My friend and colleague, Deborah Klens-Bigman is an accomplished martial artist and respected scholar of Japanese classical dance. She oft...

I attended a marvelous seminar over the weekend.  I’m not always a fan of seminars, but this was fabulous. There were two high level te...

  Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis Who is your Teacher? Is she a friend? Is he a mentor? A capable guide? A hired hand whos...

The responsibilities of teachers gets a lot of discussion, but I rarely see anything about the responsibilities of students.  As adult ...