At practice last night, while we were doing iaido, there were some no-gi grappling guys using another piece of the dojo for their practice. ...

I fear I'm getting old. I went to judo last night, and was disappointed that all we did were techniques and randori, but no kata practi...

I see a lot of writing that suggests that arts whose names end in "jutsu" are in some fundamental way different from arts whose na...

After judo practice last night, I got to work out with a new bjj/MMA teacher who is coming to the dojo. It was an interesting experience. ...

People argue a lot about whether some art is a "jutsu" or a "do." They miss a simple fact. In Japanese culture, there ...

We go to the dojo and train. Ok, so what does that get us? We will show improvement in return for making the choice and effort to go pra...

Kiyama-Sensei basically said to quit worrying about anything in the kata except making the cut incredibly powerful. His cuts are absolutely...

I went to Japan for a week to see my friends. I did some incredible jodo with Matsuda Shihan, and judo with old friends (and we all felt ol...

I've heard karate guys talk about their art as being so "effective" that "One Punch, One Kill" is an outcome. I won...

In martial arts circles, you run into people who do only one thing, and do it incredibly well. You also run into people who try to do every...