The Day I Was Saved by Grand Master Jhoon Rhee
When Grand Master Jhoon Rhee heard of my endeavor with the Sports Karate Museum almost 20 years ago, he sent me personal autograph pictures...
The Lesson of the Forty Brooms
The stories you are about to read are true and have been lived out by the Old Sensei. There are lessons to be learned...
There is Meaning to Rank in the Martial Arts
I don't understand why someone would fake their history and rank in the martial arts, it is their lineage, the lessons received and learned....
What is a Knight in Shining Armor
I wasn't feeling like anyone's knight in shining armor
"I was whining about the various ailments and injuries that have accrued over a lifetime spent...
Remembering Beginnings: My Blue Belt Test and Sport Karate
My Blue Belt Test
At today's test for my Blue Belt, we were introduced to Sport Karate point fighting and let me tell you it...
Carrying A Burden
Two monks were returning to the monastery in the evening. In that time when monks traveled they did so in pairs and were forbidden...
The Karate Whisperer Cartoons
The Karate Whisperer is a cartoon strip created by the joint efforts of Gary Lee and Don Castillo, The Martial ARTist. Enjoy!
The Other Side
One day a young Buddhist on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in...
Right From Wrong
When Bankei held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from many parts of Japan came to attend. During one of these gatherings a pupil was...
The Leo Fong Martial Arts Connection
The stories you are about to read are true and are as accurate as the old sensei remembers. There are many lessons learned at...
The Stone Carver
There was once a great "Stone Carver" who longed to be even greater...
One day - he wished he could be all powerful...the next morning...
The Great Linda Denley
Margret Beasley earned seven Golden Greek Awards from Texas, the highest number ever awarded since the death of Demetrius "The Golden Greek" Havanas in...
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...
Sport Karate Museum History Generals
Sport Karate History Generals are martial artists who have a "sport history" in the martial arts. History General's are men and women who are...
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...
Maybe
Once upon the time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon...
