When Jim Keenan created the book “Isshin” as a surprise for me, he took the time to select some of the over a thousand posts I had made, to represent my thoughts on many martial matters that I wrote on.
This
is what he selected for the contents of the book:
Foreword
by Tom Lewis
Foreword
by Charles Murray
Foreword
by Ernest Rothrock
Foreword
by Joe Swift
Preface
by Jim Keenan
Isshin
definition
Isshinryu
Karate Classic vs. Traditional Bushi No Te Isshinryu no Kobudo
Viewing
Rank Thoughts on Old Style Karate Isshinryu
Standards
On Being a Black Belt
Passion
Being a Black Belt - Knowing When to Fold
Lessons on the Road to Mastery Student
A
Saturday Morning in New Hampshire
Some
of the Underlying Principles Forging the Black Belt Is Karate Really About
Testing?
Your
First Time The Art of Conclusion
When
a memory occurs what you may remember is a gift
The
Value of a Karate Lesson
The
Salisbury Years - part one
The
Salisbury Tales - part two
The
Salisbury Tales - part three
The
Salisbury Tales - part four
The
Salisbury Tales - part five
The
Salisbury Tales - part six
The
Salisbury Tales - part seven
Walking
Karate Breaking a Memory in Three Pieces – Section One, t
he
Salisbury Years Section Two - Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan training
Section
Three - Youth Conclusion
Veni,
Vidi, Vici Pleasant Isshinryu
Happy
New Year 2014 Repetition Should Children be Black Belts...or more interestingly
should anyone? T
he
Art of Correction
The
Art of Communicating Teaching Children –
the
role of Bushi No Te Isshinryu For Friends Long Gone
An
Instructor Thoughts on training the young Texture
The
Instructor's Burden Structure of a program
Why
I did not go commercial with my karate
Conversations
with a Ghost
The
Ghost Departs
The
friendly Ghost!
Some
thoughts on Ghost Techniques
Just
a step back - the simplest of Ghost Techniques
If
you don't write it down it didn't happen
Kotekitae
an art to Isshinryu Body Pounding
My
Isshinryu and Weapons Study Attending a martial clinic - the student's options
Brown
Belt-itis
On
Power
The
Applications Unlimited Toolbox
The
theories behind blocks Kata a Lifetime Study Forearm Strikes etc.
The
Fluid Movement of Kata
The
Value of Keeping Notes on Training
On
the uses of PAIN
Bushi
No Te and the Knee Strike
What
ever happened to Mae Geri?
The
Art of Kata Beyond Technique
Environmental
Karate Training
Notes
on Close Range Combat Before it was called Cross-training
Breathing
to Slow Down
The
Sai's of It
Breathing
Patterns Time
Kata
Study for Life, a personal journey
Sanchin
Boogie
Secrecy
How
many forms are enough?
The
Wheel Turns On Chinto Memories
Karate
and Tai Chi - Part One
Tai
Chi and Karate - Part Two
Hidden
Moves
The
Place of Training
One
Step at a Time How
To
Learn as a Black Belt seeing things one time
The
Weakest Possible Technique
A
Descent into Darkness Injuries, Illness, Disability and Aging Considerations
Diabetes,
Cancer, Paraneoplastic Neuromyopathy & Neuropathy,
Falling
and More Beep...Beep
I
am disable but I still train
Extremes
Kata Study for Life, a personal journey
Intent
The Journey
First
you have to want to get better, they you have to make the effort
Lessons
from a Life Martial The Body, the Minds and the Spirit
Obsolesence
The
Worst Thing
When
in the Desert
These
were so many things from my private martial study. Most of then I never had
time to share in class but I wanted preserved for my students. Of course it
shows I was interested in many things.
It
is for sale on Amazon if you are interested.
"Isshin: Writings on Martial Arts and
Life" by Victor Smith
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