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Sunday, April 19, 2026

An Aesthetic of Taijiquan Practice

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Over at Thoughts on Tai Chi , there as a recent post about the poetry within Taijiquan practice. I believe this applies to any martial art. ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Just Show Up

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At the Applied Methods blog, there was an insightful post about the standards we apply to ourselves. Below is an excerpt. The full post may...
Sunday, March 01, 2026

A Teacher's Perspective on Martial Arts Instruction

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Below is an excerpt from a post that appeared at Budo Journeyman regarding the author's insights into the challenges and rewards to tea...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

The Aesthetics of Kata

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At the Ichijoji Blog , there was an interesting essay about kata and it's role in developing the necessary mental qualities required for...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

The Mind and Structure in Taijiquan

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At Thoughts on Tai Chi , there was recently a post about the how the mind creates the structure of the body, and how if one's mind is di...
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Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Aging Martial Artist

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At Zen's Sekai, the author recently posted his thoughts regarding his Taijiquan and Kyudo practice in the context of aging. An excerpt ...
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Monday, February 09, 2026

Reminiscing

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At Ellis Amdur's Kogen Budo Blog, there was a recent post where the author reminisces about his early days training in Japan ... in Ch...
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Friday, February 06, 2026

The Bokuto

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Over at Ichijoji , the author recently had an interesting post about a bukuto (bokken) that he recently bought.  These training swords come ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Walking the Circle

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At Zen Sekai's blog , there was a recent post about yet another martial art the author is studying and how he sees all of his practices ...
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