Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Three Principles of Kendo Training

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Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Kenshi 24/7 . It is a translation of a treatise by a senior kendo teacher on the priciples ...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Budo Book Review

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At The Budo Bum Blog, Patrick Boylan wrote a book review for Unravelling The Cords: The Instructions of a Master in the Tradition of Taisha...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The Sword of Doom

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Over at the excellent Ichijoji blog, Chris Hellman had a post about a classic samurai movie, the Sword of Doom . The post includes one of ...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Carrying the Past into the Future

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There was a good post at Thoughts on Tai Chi about the history of our martial arts practices and carrying those into the future, which is a...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

The Martial Arts Teacher

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Below is an excerpt from the Martial Views blog, on the topic of fighters as teachers. The full post may be read here . Have you ever notic...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Guo YunShen Documentary

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A short documentary on the Xingyiquan legend, Guo YunShen .  
Friday, March 14, 2025

Zatoichi's Nasiest Fight

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Who doesn't like Zatoichi?  
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Taikiken Documentary

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Taikiken is a Japanese offshoot of Yiquan . There are many similarities ... and some differences.  There was a friendship between the found...
Saturday, March 08, 2025

Taijiquan Postures and Applications

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Below is an excerpt from Thoughts on Tai Chi , where the topic of finding the applications int he Taijiquan form in discussed. The full post...