So, what do you think makes a good martial art? And how do you judge? A lot of people try to compare which martial art is better by compar...

Someone asked me about finding effective Japanese sword arts, because they had heard some have been watered down.  I haven't answered th...

My knee is healing slowly, and I'm getting an education in the value of different kinds of training.  I still can't quite get into s...

So, the Tuesday before Christmas, I went to Judo and had a great practice for the first 88 minutes of the 90 minute practice. Then I procee...

I am frequently told, by people who don't practice Zen Buddhism, that there is a special relationship between Zen and Budo. The more I ...

I had a wonderful 3 days of training in Shinto Muso Ryu at the gasshuku held by Kaminoda Tsunemori Sensei at the Kashima Shinbuden Dojo in K...

Practice. This is the single most important attribute for becoming good at budo. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matt...

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...

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...