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...

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...

A guest post, shared by Kim Taylor Can't remember where, but somewhere in the old iai teachings is the instruction to teach the b...

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...

気 を付ける、残心、中心する、意識, 無心、 ki wo tsukeru, zanshin, chushin suru, ishiki, mushin , paying attention, staying alert, being focused、awareness. The...

Kata practice in koryu is tough. Even knowing exactly what your partner will do doesn’t make it easy. Unfortunately, you don’t know precis...