I have to say this.  I believe that the effectiveness of a martial art should be judged not by what the most gifted practitioner of the ar...

It seems like this issue comes up a lot.  I'm involved in a discussion about it on a LinkedIn discussion board right now, so I thought ...

When you train, do you train just for yourself? Do you train just for the moment? Do you remember those who brought the skills you practic...

Been too long.  I've been thinking about the whole Tao, Do, Michi, Path, Way, thingy.  It may just be time for me to start learning Chin...

A friend asked a question about the foundations of Judo that is a great one.   Are we teaching a collection of techniques, or something ...

A friend asked about when is it appropriate for a Judo student to start specializing in one technique.   He’d been talking with other in...

I wrote this in response to a question on an email list about "What is Budo?" and thought it was worth putting out for more pub...

I have a couple of students who started recently, and teaching them has me focused on fundamentals even more than I usually am.  I often say...

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...