Isshin - Concentration the Art

Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving - Giving Thanks

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Thanksgiving is much more than time spent with the family or eating a big Turkey dinner. It is a time when we should remember to give thanks...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

The friendly Ghost!

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For many years I’ve followed a Halloween ritual for my youth students of practicing some ghost techniques the class before Halloween. Always...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

The Ghost Departs

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The Ghost Techniques cover a wide range of evasion studies. Several of my friends have requested a more detailed explanation so I would like...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

Conversation with a Ghost

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A long, long time ago when I lived in a different land one of my friends Ernest Rothrock shared with me one of his advanced students trainin...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

ZEN COMBAT - Jay Gluck - Ballentine Books 1962

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Here is a glimpse of the Japanese maratial arts from Jay Gluck's "ZEN COMBAT", originally published in 1962. Note the price on...
Sunday, November 1, 2009

AXE HANDLES poem by Gary Snyder

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AXE HANDLES by Gary Snyder - North Point Press 1983 One afternoon the last week in April Showing Kai how to throw a hatchet One-half turn ...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Slow and the Small

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Running a very small adult program these past 25 years has helped me understand one of my personal goals, to try and understand karate i...
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Victor Smith
I am a sudent of Tom Lewis and I teach youth at the local Boys and Girls Club (Adults and Youuth) for free these past 35 years. A sample of my students sho-dan kata performances can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/BushiNoTeIsshinryu
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