Everywhere is the dojo for Dane Harden

Everywhere is the Dojo If the Mind is Right

Jiki Shin Kore Dojo . . . Everywhere is the Dojo If the Mind is Right! This is the concept that I was asked to evaluate and...
Alvin Kan

Alvin Kan

Alvin Kan -  Judo and Gung Fu Alvin Kan has been studying Martial Arts for 23 years starting with Judo, 6 Years with Master Michael...
Donald Miskel

The Grandmaster Phenomenon

In this article I want to examine the grandmaster phenomenon that has become an epidemic in the western world of martial arts. As always when...
Effect of Modern Marketing on Martial Arts

The Effect of Modern Marketing on Martial Arts and Traditional Martial Arts Culture

Abstract The Effect of Modern Marketing on Martial Arts and Traditional Martial Arts Culture examines the effect of modern marketing strategies upon martial arts activity...
Traditional Martial Arts Training VS. Commercialism

Traditional Martial Arts Training VS. Commercialism

A plethora of articles have been written on the subject of traditional martial arts training versus commercialism over the past several decades; yet the...
Francisco Limbago

Francisco Limbago Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Professor Francisco Limbago was born on April 3, 1928. Francisco was a gymnast in highschool and becasme State Champion. He began his jujitsu training...
Pamela Cohen Martial Arts Instructor

Pamela Cohen Martial Arts Instructor

Pamela Cohen started saving money at 13 years old to open her own martial arts school. Now, she owns three. Pamela Cohen’s dream was never...
Simon Rhee

Simon Rhee Tae Kwon Do

Master Simon Rhee is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 4th Degree Black Belt in Hap Ki Do. He...

Ruhu Zhu

Master Ruhu Zhu is a Chinese Martial Arts Master, a Chi Kung Master and a Chinese Medicine Practitioner. He began studying Chinese martial arts...
Imi Okazaki Mullins

Imi Okazaki-Mullins Passed Away

She was proud and direct, she was always straightforward and truthful, and set the bar high for the rest of us. We can feel...
Manuel Aguillon Arnis

Manuel Aguillon Arnis

Born June 19, 1915 in San Antonio, Zambales on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, Manuel Aguillon began his training in the fighting arts...
Antony Cummins

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu Historian Antony Cummins MA was born in Lancashire, England. He attended Victoria University in Manchester, England, where he received a degree in...

Gholamreza Takhti

Gholamreza Takhti was born on August 27, 1930, in Tehran. He was raised in in poverty and he trained in a makeshift sports hall...
Frederick Peterson Jr. Birthday

Martial Artist Frederick Peterson Jr. Celebrates 89th Year

Still young as ever, Inland Empire local Frederick Peterson Jr. or better known as Soke Grandmaster Frederick "Big Cat" Douglas Peterson Jr., celebrated his...
Triage Area

The Triage Process in the Dojo

This installment of Dojo Medicine is a recent true story from our dojo and how we managed the triage process in the dojo. We were...
Bow Before Sparring

The Traditionism of Budo: Character in the Martial Arts

What behavioral attitude should we want our students to adopt? How do we expect them to conduct themselves at home, in their schools or at work?