Isshin - Concentration the Art

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

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

A Cautionary Tale - Demostrations

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I am sharing this article with you as a cautionary tale.     Breaking and performing what are ‘stunts’ has a long history withi...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Practical Chin Na

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  Every sort of Chinese Art contains some sort of Chin Na   (Quin Na) training, the art of seizing and locking. Many of these tec...
Friday, November 14, 2014

The writings of John Lennox

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John Lennox, of the Indianapolis Mudokwan, published a number of books on Isshinryu Karate. The first was one that was shared with me as a...

Axe Handles - Gary Snyder

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Hafuka No Kata

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One of the sections in Habersetzer’s “Bubishi’ is on the Hakufa No Kata. Here is my translation of that section Page 200            ...

Roland Habsetzer's "Bubishi - source of Karate-Do"

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I would like to share some of Roland Habsetze’s “Bubishi – the Source of Karate-Do” His introduction sheds light on some issue.   ...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Habsetzer's Bubishi - Figure 21

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Roland Habsetzer’s Bubishi – Encyclopedia of Martial Arts.   Figure 21   Back in 2001 when I translated the Habersetzer Bubi...
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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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