Photo Copyright Girgoris Miliaresis 2014   Nearly everyone in the gendai (modern) budo world talks about taking ukemi (receiving a techn...

In my last post I wrote about ukemi　 受身 , or receiving techniques. Proficiency in ukemi is important in arts like judo and aikido where pr...

Not the throws. Watch the ukemi! I step wrong and my partner takes advantage, tips me slightly, steps across in front of me, drop...

Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis I watched the Avengers: Age Of Ultron last week. I admit to being an old school comic book g...

Dr. Ann Maria Rousey, former World Judo Champion and champion budo mother of Ronda Rousey (yes, that Ronda Rousey) has her own blog.  The la...