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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Classical Budo Connects The Past And The Future

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Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis I was reading one of Ellis Amdur’s essays his excellent book Old School , in which h...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Good Budo Is Simple. That Doesn't Mean It's Easy.

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  Photo Copyright Grigoris Miliaresis 2014 I had a conversation with one of my Shinto Muso Ryu students that was interesting. H...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Kuzushi Is More Than Off Balancing

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Kuzushi means “off-balancing.” Everyone knows that. It’s been translated that way for decades. Off-balancing must be an accurate transla...
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Friday, July 24, 2015

Martial Arts Instructors Should Learn To Teach

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Let’s face an unpleasant truth.  Most martial arts instructors are lousy teachers. They may be great martial artists, but few of them k...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Koshi

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I am obsessed with developing proper koshi . My iai teacher, Kiyama Hiroshi, has been kicking my butt about my koshi for decades, and I’m ...
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Monday, July 6, 2015

Going To Seminars

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Photo Copyright Peter Boylan 2014 I hosted a budo seminar last weekend. It was attended by a small, focused group of experienced bud...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Problem Of Kaso Teki

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Photo Copyright 2014 Grigoris Miliaresis There is no opponent in front of him, but you can tell he sees where teki is anyway. Someon...
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