Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Being the Boss of Me

Chances are that sometime in your life you have heard a child say, "You're not the boss of me! I am!” I'm not debating...
Donald Miskel

Martial Arts Effectiveness

It is my belief that the martial art has to be tailored to reflect the need of the times we live in. The one...
The Art of War Translated by Samuel B. Griffith

The Art of War

Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today...
The 1-2 Punch for Fast Weight Loss

The One-Two Punch for FAST Fat Loss

How many times have you looked in the mirror and wished that you could make your belly fat vanish before your eyes? Unsightly fat...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Heading Home

Home is where the heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. Home is just a click or two of Dorothy's red shoes. What a beautiful...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Living Lessons: Martial Arts Has Answer to Many of Life’s Problems

Living Lessons Got an issue with your weight? Try martial arts. Concerned about your personal safety? Try martial arts. Would you like to surround yourself with a...
Donald Miskel

Building On a Preexisting Foundation

Archaeologists often find older cities beneath cities that rose up later. I’m not sure why that is but maybe it is because they use...
Donald Miskel

Transition

Eventually I’ll make my own transition. I pray that the life I've lived and the legacy I leave behind will pave the way for...
Severity

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...
A Killing Art

A Killing Art Chapter One Excerpt

This is A Killing Art Chapter One Excerpt for the book that takes you into the cults, geisha houses, and crime syndicates that made Tae...
Faces

Martial Arts Faces

My recent trip to New York City taught me a lot about being a martial artist, and about being a person, after I took...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Living Lessons: Own Your Corner

Years ago, there was a grade school just up the street from our first house. It was located on a rather busy intersection, especially...
Fight Magazine

Fight! Magazine

Fight! Magazine is the premier Mixed Martial Arts magazine in the USA! (Fight! Magazine Web Site)
Donald Miskel

We Have Your Best Interest at Heart

We at USAdojo.com have only the best interest of martial artists and the martial arts community at heart. I am a minister first and a...
Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat

Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat

Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishi was a secret text passed from...
Dana Stamos

Thoughts From A Martial Arts Journalist

I consider myself a martial arts journalist and I take my job very seriously. For me, the job of a journalist in the martial...