I'm going to be in New York City teaching Jodo.  If anyone is interested, there are still a couple of open spaces.

We go to the dojo regularly.  We practice hard.  We listen and try to follow sensei’s direction when she says “Cut with your hips” or “...

In my last post I wrote about ukemi　 受身 , or receiving techniques. Proficiency in ukemi is important in arts like judo and aikido where pr...

Not the throws. Watch the ukemi! I step wrong and my partner takes advantage, tips me slightly, steps across in front of me, drop...

Self defense Self discipline Self confidence Self respect Google “martial arts advertising” and you’ll find a limit...

For anyone interested in the ideas and thinking that underpin the concepts of budo and other Ways, the Tao Te Ching is essential readin...