Most of the techniques we teach in budo, whether it is karate or judo or aikido or anything else, are not simply dangerous.  They are ext...

My friend and colleague, The Rogue Scholar , did me the honor of responding to my post about Creating A Work Of Art .  I had argued that w...

2 hours on a flower marble and my arms are about to fall off... let's hope the kiln gods are kind... I kinda don't think i nailed ...

2 hours on a flower marble and my arms are about to fall off... let's hope the kiln gods are kind... I kinda don't think i nailed ...

I was reading a piece about Emily Post , the great master of etiquette, and the profound effect her book, Etiquette: In Society, in Busin...

On aspect of the awareness and mindfulness I was talking about in my last post in mentioned and described in Natalie Coughlin in this piece....

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...