That was the Year that was 2017

That was the Year that was 2017

 

There was a lot that happened this year.

 

I ended my time in Derry, NH.

Leaving my home since 1985 behind and many friends as well.

Transferring my dojo to Michael Cassidy and Young Lee.

Traveling cross country 2,300 miles to Buckeye, AZ.

 

Learning to walk anew in a new location, amid temperatures exceeding 110f over the summer.

 

Continuing to document what I have seen for my students on my blog.

Continuing my studies into the arts on the internet.

 

So today I walk in warmer weather, amidst different plants, with mountains in the distance amid a desert.

 

A most interesting year, and I am looking forward to what follows.

 

 

Blog Archive

• ▼  2017 (212)
• ▼  December (8)
• One Step at a Time
• The Place of Training
• Triple Blocking, the drill
• Neck Takedowns
• The Karate Trophy
• Grasping that which Cannot be Grasped.
• The Value of a Karate Lesson
• Knowing when to focus
• ▼  November (22)
• Seeing what is not there….
• A day in the life
• Step by Step we Advance
• Fire and Rain
• The Instructor’s Burden
• From “Ryuku Oke Hiden Bujutsu: Karate, Bukijutsu”
• Oshiro Sensei and Multiple Striking
• Enter Stage Right, Exit Stage Left
• The Rule for Senior Rank
• An issue of Alignment
• What is the sound of two white belts fighting?
• Use of the Crescent Step
• Shioda Gozo is best seen as an Aikido Wave
• Shioda Gozo Superb Aikido Technique
• Shioda Gozo and Aikido Projection
• Shioda Gozo Books on Aikido
• Time to use a bit of Fun
• Tiger Eyes
• Letting others train in your dojo.
• Unintended Application Discoveries
• The road is long and winding
• Moving Zen – Karate as a Way to Gentleness
• ▼  October (24)
• Bunkai: the Awakening
• Inoue on Tekko useage
• A Memory on How Things Connect
• Another possible Chinto Kata opening application
• Isshinryu Sai Throw
• Other Okinawan possibilities
• The Core of Okinawan Kobudo – Tonfa
• The Core of Okinawan Kobudo – Sai
• The Core of Okinawan Kobudo – Bo
• Kama
• Eku
• Nunchaku
• Tinbe-Rochin
• Kobudo: Tools, Weapons and Customs Okinawa 1950s
• Tekko
• Kuwa - the Okinawan Hoe
• Surujin
• Thoughts on getting a a Finger
• Time to Work
• It was never about self defense.
• Brody Cassidy - the Kata Sho Study
• The reality of kobudo is that it is unnoticed befo...
• The application for the ending of Sanchin Kata
• On Striking into the neck
• ▼  September (16)
• Hidden Moves
• When Push Comes to Shove - the fourth answer
• When Push Comes To Shove – A Third Answer
• When Push Comes To Shove – A Second Answer
• When Push Comes To Shove – One Answer
• Application Potential versus Application Skill Acq...
• So a new day and another choice of a technique.
• Theme – Kicking to the Groin
• Be the Weapon
• Funakoshi Ginchin and the Dragon Toe
• Kusanku Kata - The Neck Strike with Parry
• A Tale of Two Sticks
• Starry, Starry Night
• Every day each breath you take must be new, uniqu...
• Another Good Day, Each Day I Discover My Art Anew ...
• Okinawa to Japan, the journey of Karate.
• ▼  August (16)
• The Upper Body Chart and the Hook Punch
• Seisan Kata the Applications to Infinity and Beyon...
• Take the Next Step
• Kata Creep, the Movement of Kata through Time
• A different look at Chinto kata
• This morning thinking outside the box
• When in the Desert
• The Art of Becoming Invisible
• When a memory occurs what you may remember is a gi...
• Hinging on the Winds of History
• The lesson sharing karate with the young
• Kusanku Kata and Night Fighting
• Principles of Sherman Harrill
• Tai Chi and Karate – Part Two
• A Study in a Principle of Movement Application in ...
• Karate and Tai Chi - Part One
• ▼  July (7)
• Weapons Bite
• The tale of the Red White and Black Obi
• Those Old Tattered Patches
• Correct Alignment
• Jim Keenan
• Don't Change Kata
• Buckeye, Arizona
• ▼  June (16)
• The Road Beckons
• Using my time to work on a new idea.
• An ending, a beginning, everything changes.
• Moving, Disability and Right-Sizing my Kobudo Prac...
• Aikido's Arm Lock
• Once upon a time.
• Bunnies Don't Do Karate
• When you only have one hand free
• Demura explains the concept of karate's hidden tec...
• Kusakichi Noborigama (Branch Trimming Sickle)
• Begining to End
• Kasumi-uchi The blinding attack
• Other Okinawan Traditions
• A Sensei's work is never done.....
• My Walk on the Wild Side
• Sticks and Stones
• ▼  May (8)
• Useful anatomical drawings
• Knee Drop and Strike
• Thoughts on Miyagi and Rank
• The issue of Pre and Post WWII Aikido
• The Toe Hold - a unique leg lock
• The Real Lessons
• Analysis of the Wansu Dump
• The Guide to Bushi No Te Kicking
• ▼  April (19)
• Staying Power
• Mabuni's writings in the 1930s
• Free thinking
• Thinking outside of the box
• Hard Sweat, nothing like it.
• 1982 Boys Club Youth Karate Tornament
• Iconic Okinawan Karate Photos
• When you lie down with Tigers, may they remain sti...
• Training for life Against a Typhoon
• Unrecorded History from Karate Do My Way of Life
• Gorin No Sho excerpt from the Water Book
• When you need to take a break from the day to day ...
• The Book of the Five Rings
• Silat Suffian Bela Diri Painful Finishes
• A taste of Kali
• Several Strikes from Uechi Ryu
• Ogawa Ryu Koppojutsu Suiden
• A brief view how Escrima is used.
• You have Eyes, but can you See?
• ▼  March (17)
• Always look under the Surface
• Gurkha Kukri Knife Display
• Basic 13 RFF Right Roundhouse then Left Roundhouse...
• Aviod Entangling Alliances
• Observe the similarity of these movements.
• When you face the arrows of outrageous fate keep f...
• Mabuni Kenei
• A Unique Force Enhancer
• Bubishi techniques against a Karasu-Tengu
• Cherries
• A Study in Shiho Nage
• Similarities where you don't expect them.
• Striking to the Center Line
• Meanwhile kids are having some fun
• Moving from one Aikido technique to a Cjimande ser...
• If you need good words to live by, these are some ...
• One small potential of Okinawan Karate
• ▼  February (26)
• A personal challenge for my birthday
• Kyan Chotoku and breaking free from a kick grab.
• Use of the leg to block kicks
• Serious teachings of several Okinawan instructors....
• Ten Precepts (Tode Jukun) of Karate
• While walking today
• Determination makes All Things Possible.
• "If you grab, kick them. If you are grabbed, kick ...
• Satani Nage of Bujikan
• There Can Be Only One
• As Time Goes By
• Once I attempted to soar with the eagles
• In the Land of Blind Men, the One Eyed Man is King...
• a Bubishi Whimsey I discovered
• Crane and Snake
• When breaking an arm is necessary
• 雲心寺達磨道場「琉球秘伝武術舞の手」
• Silat Lower body usage
• Some Useful Lower Body Movements
• That Throw from Jitte
• The Toe and its use as a Force Enhancer.
• Hand Positions Compared to Various Animals
• You don't have to be a Stooge to Defend Yourself
• The Isshinryu fist
• Just when you think you have seen everything
• A Mind Puzzle for you
• ▼  January (33)
• Learning to Soar with Eagles
• Okinawa is so much more than just Karate and Citie...
• The Uniform is the most importat thing
• KUWA = Okinawan Kobudo- The Hoe
• "And then there was One"
• The First Tournament
• When knuckles were naked.
• Muay Thai Boran - Knee and Elbow Techniques
• The Art of Conclusion
• Thoughts on Kobudo
• A Lesson in Reality
• A reminder of what martial intensity looks like
• The Grin
• For those times when you do not have time to fool ...
• Great Bubishi Photos
• Chinto and Da Lu
• I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands
• Structure of a program
• How to know if your instructor is truly doing old ...
• What knowledge of one movement looks like
• Distraction – Creative Use of a Little Discussed W...
• Motobu Kumite, Reflections On
• Once Upon a Time
• From the karate of Mobobu Choiki a kata
• Rob Pushard updated his profile picture.
• One random morning and this is what I discovered
• Jet Li vs Yasuaki Kurata
• And 2010 made the last winters day look like a wal...
• For the New Year 2017
• Every Day Demands a Perfect Start
• One Sanchin kata application
• kali cadena de mano , Rolling and sinawali hands
• To start 2017