I'm a martial artist. I train in several different budo. What does it mean to be a martial artist? For me it means that I'm const...

This isn't a discussion of great techniques, or esoteric thoughts on budo wisdom, but in the day-to-day life of martial artist, it can b...

I ran across the old chestnut about various belt colors from white to black resulting from a white belt that gradually gets dirtier and dirt...

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...