Isshin - Concentration the Art

There was a time when I was a beginner karate was simple, it was whatever my instructors taught me it was. My instructors taught me the sam...

I think there is something inside us that wants to capture reality and hold it in our hands. In the mid 60’s I became aware of Bruce Tegner’...

For the instructor, there isn’t anything we should not take the time to dissect, turn inside out and question it’s use and value to our trai...

  I know you've heard 'You can't step into the same water in a flowing stream twice' . The water you step into this time...

Back in 1978, Charlie Murray explained to me "The first 20 years your art is your instructors. After 20 years the art is yours." ...

  Mary Oliver wrote in her poem ‘ The Leaf and the Cloud’ , “Everyday – I study the difference between water and stone .” There ar...

I’ve been the beginner learning my right foot from my left. I’ve been the student learning the tools of my craft. I’ve been the practitioner...