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One of the things I have always liked about Kyudo as a Budo, is the stillness and settling which takes place before the shot. It's almo...

  Today we have a guest post by Jim Russo , a senior Chinese internal martial arts teacher.  The True Value of Martial Ethic - a Modern ”So...

Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Applied Methods. It addresses a topic that I find quite interesting. When teaching an appl...

Below is a video about Nippon Kempo. A truly mixed martial art before MMA was cool. Enjoy.    

I recently read the book, Biomechanics of Iaido: From Support to Blade by Veronika Rumynina. Ms Rumynina is dan ranked in to different style...

 

Budo Journeyman had an entertaining post on boxing and martial arts as portrayed in movies. Below are some excepts. The original may be read...

There was an interest post at Applied Methods regarding the teaching karate formally in a school, and also outside of a commercial school. ...

 Below is an interesting documentary on the history and development of karate on Okinawa.