I haven’t written anything in a few weeks, which I’m sorry for.  Life has a way of happening that has nothing to do with plans or inten...

My friend and colleague, Deborah Klens-Bigman is an accomplished martial artist and respected scholar of Japanese classical dance. She oft...

What is the value of cross training?  Why do I consider it essential to development as a budoka? There are tremendous benefits to getti...

  Master Ken does a great service by providing a special kind of example. I run into people all the time who sincerely believe that...

Marti Malloy is the Olympic bronze medalist in Judo at under 57 kg.  She will represent the US again in Rio in a few weeks. She writes qui...

I had a get together this weekend for a bunch of friends. It’s the fulfillment of an early budo fantasy. When I started out on my budo jo...

Yamashit Yoshiaki visited the USA from 1903 to 1905.  During that time he taught judo to a number of people, including Teddy Roosevelt.  Thi...

I was listening to NPR the other day on the way to work and they had an interview with Takagi Kikue, an 83 year old survivor of the bomb...