Martial Arts Training Benefits Children in Many Ways
Martial arts training benefits children in many ways, like self control, self defense, and self discipline. It gives your child a chance to strengthen...
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out About Inspiration
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out about Inspiration and how it is much more powerful than motivation. Motivation comes from the mere fact that you want...
Judo Reunion
At the age of seventeen I began studying Judo. Small and slight of build, but with an acumen for basketball none-the-less, I was finding...
Loyalty to the Nation
“I shall have loyalty to the Nation, Sir!”
It is how every martial arts class begins, when you train in Tae Kwon Do. We do...
Knowledge, Faith, Benevolence, Courage and Severity
In Tae Kwon Do, there are five tenets. These are guiding principles. They are Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control and Indomitable Spirit. In my school...
Alan Goldberg’s Action Martial Arts Magazine
TEN YEARS in the making means ACTION Martial Arts Magazine is the Largest Free Full Coverage Magazine. ACTION Martial Arts Magazine is at more...
Kosho Ryu
Kosho Ryu is an ancient art form founded in about 1245 AD by a monk named Bosatsu. Legend has it that Bosatsu meditated under...
Always Benchmark
It was one of the great takeaways from my MBA program. Whatever you’re setting out to do, don’t reinvent the wheel. Look at what...
Keith Yates: Tae Kwon Do
Keith Yates started his martial arts training in 1965 and became one of the youngest black belts in the country when he earned his...
Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do
No set of rules or codified techniques exist for Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do and this art uses methods and techniques from all styles,...
The Book of Five Rings: William Scott Wilson’s Translation
When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy,...
Furyu Magazine
Furyu Magazine was a magazine mainly about classical Japanese martial arts and culture. Furyu (pronounced something like fuu-riyuu) literally means "wind and flowing waters." It...
Living Lessons: Grandpas, Guilt and Gratitude
My children have been blessed to have all four of their grandparents alive, healthy and living close to them. Each grandparent is amazing in...
Jigoro Kano: Writings Of Kodokan Judo Founder
Throughout his life, Jigoro Kano worked continuously for the diffusion, promotion and improvement of the 'Kodokan Judo'. Since its founding in 1882 as a...
Positive Comparisons Affect Your Martial Arts in Positive Ways
I’m not going to lie. There was a day when I made comparisons of myself with other martial artists. It was not so I...
Martial Arts Training is a Practice in Balance
Training became a practice in balance, as I learned not just the techniques of martial arts but also how to live.
Martial arts training tests...
