Isshin - Concentration the Art
Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Isshin and Zanshin
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from Trevor Leggett’s “ Zen and the Ways ” Page 156 Isshin (one-heart) means to throw oneself wholly into the action without any o...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
'Not Setting the Mind' from Trevor Leggett’s “Zen and the Ways”
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'Not Setting the Mind' from Trevor Leggett’s “Zen and the Ways” 'Not Setting the Mind' from Trevor Leggett’s “ Zen a...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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Everything is always in a state of change, the arts martial or otherwise the same. Change isn’t bad or good, it’s just the reality that you ...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Knife Self Defense Kata by Otsuka Hironori
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From my study of the Sutrisno Aikido series, practiced against straight punches, technique number 9 parallels the Defense against the knife ...
Sharp Things II - Knives
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To begin to talk about the study of knife in any form it first helps to get a real strong dose of reality. Before you go further watch the e...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sharp Things I - Kama
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If you’re going to really talk about ‘kobudo’ eventually you come around to blades of all sorts. Swords, Naginata, Kama, Knives. The Japan...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sticks and Stones
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A long time ago in a different world……… The Burmese fighter was in the middle of melee, friend and foe mixing it shoulder to shoulder when h...
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