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Mar 26, 20224 min read

Look Beyond The Obvious

Until very recently, we rarely posted videos on YouTube or engaged in a great deal of social media. The main reason for this was that we...

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Mar 18, 20223 min read

Throw The Scabbard Away

Confederate General Thomas Jackson addressed the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute in 1861. During his speech, he used a...

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Mar 11, 20224 min read

Dojo

Dojo is a common term with an uncommon meaning. Phonetically pronounced doe joe, the closest English translation is “way place.” The...

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Mar 4, 20224 min read

Grace

When is the last time you came into good fortune that you probably didn’t deserve? I’m not talking about a chance opportunity like...

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Feb 25, 20224 min read

Carpe Diem

The founder of Shotokan Karate, Gichin Funakoshi, is well known for brining his martial art into the modern age. He is also famous for...

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Feb 18, 20223 min read

Pain Has Purpose

Ever hear the story of a man wrestling with God? Allow me to give you the Cliff Notes. The father of an entire nation (Abraham) had two...

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Feb 11, 20224 min read

Compliance

How do you feel about being told what to do? It depends on your culture, where you live, what the circumstances are, but I think most of...

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Feb 4, 20224 min read

Spirit Shout

Did your parents ever raise their voices at you when you were a kid? Surely not, but mine sure did. My mom had five of us to contend...

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Jan 28, 20224 min read

Ain't Got Time For That

Have you ever seen the movie, The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise? It was an epic motion picture depicting Japan’s dismantling of its caste...

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Jan 21, 20224 min read

Raising Warrior Men

Most men, if they are honest, will tell you they were not prepared for fatherhood. It’s a little unfair, really, how God set all this up....

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Jan 14, 20224 min read

You'll Get Through This

I have never been a fan of January. It’s cold and bleak (in Ohio, anyway) and the only thing to look forward to is February. But this...

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Jan 7, 20224 min read

The Martial Mystique

I believe one of the biggest reasons MMA has become so popular is that the sport seems to answer the question of “does it work?” Of...

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Dec 17, 20214 min read

Fight The Way You Train

I went to my first martial arts tournament back in the early 80s somewhere in Kentucky. I was a member of a kung fu school and one of...

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Dec 10, 20214 min read

Aikido: It's Not For Everybody

I speak and write a lot about aikido because the intense training I received in Japan had a profound impact on my life. It changed my...

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Dec 3, 20214 min read

Do It Anyway

My first year of aikido training sucked. I know, not very poetic, right? But the truth is, I began to hate it. I went to Japan...

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Nov 24, 20214 min read

Form Over Function

Gen X folks like me remember the gas crisis of the 1970s. Long lines at filling stations and incredibly high prices forced average...

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Nov 17, 20214 min read

The Art Of Uke

I I lived in Japan for some years and subsequently learned a fraction of the language. The spoken word was more than enough for me to...

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Nov 12, 20214 min read

Self-Discipline?

I attended my very first weekend martial arts seminar when I was 18 years old. I was a student in a small kung fu studio in Cincinnati. ...

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Nov 10, 20214 min read

Fall Big Or Stay "Safe"

If you have ever studied a grappling art like wrestling, judo, or aikido, you learn two things very quickly. One, gravity is real and...

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Nov 3, 20214 min read

Real Fight

Have you ever wondered how you would fair in a real fight? I’m talking about you against a big bully, somebody who pushed you until were...

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