I was contemplating the Tao Te Ching recently. It’s an incredibly insightful collection of short poems from China of 2500 years ago.  81 br...

Practicing classical budo changes your perspective.  Yes, I train in an archaic system of combat.  Shinto Muso Ryu as a tradition goes back...

Awareness makes budo work. Without it, it doesn’t matter how good  your maegeri or your uchimata is.  You’re going to get clocked before y...

A guest post, shared by Kim Taylor Can't remember where, but somewhere in the old iai teachings is the instruction to teach the b...

I often hear people talk about making an art their own and adapting the art to suit them. I hear it most often in arts like Aikido, Kar...