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Dane Harden's Living Lessons

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...

Doing a Form of Tai Chi Chuan

Speak to your friends who do Karate or Tae Kwon Do about Tai Chi Chuan and they will tell you it is a slow...
8 Trigrams

About Ba Gua Zhang

Ba Gua Zhang is literally translated as Eight Trigram Palm. This style is one of the three Nei Jia Quan or internal styles of...
Jim Harrison of American Bushidokan

First Karate Championship Live TV Broadcast

Here is a sport karate story you may have heard about in rumors or as the guys gathered after a tournament or maybe from...
The Martial Arts Woman

The Martial Arts Woman: Motivational Stories of Human Triumph

The Martial Arts Woman shares the stories and insights of more than twenty-five women in the martial arts, and how they apply martial arts...
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out

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...
Kendo

Kendo Shai Glossary

Kendo.com tells us that Kendo, the “Way Of The Sword” is the traditional Japanese style of fencing that today is a modern martial art...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Here Is Your Life

God is giving my unborn daughter instructions before handing her the life within which she is to be born. Sweetheart, here is your life. You will...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Sincere Public Praise

Sensei Bruce Juchnik was my first karate teacher. He is a good guy and I'm happy to say that, more than forty years later,...

Wing Chun Magazine

Wing Chun Magazine, once called Wing Chun Tea House Magazine, is dedicated to Wing Chun in all its forms, spellings, lineages, traditions, innovations and...
Donald Miskel

Spiritual Aspects of Martial Arts

There are many aspects to the martial arts. Most people think in terms of the self defense and combative disciplines when they think of...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Hurt’s My Thing

But hurt's my thing … it's my home, it's the only thing I know. I'm safe and sound and sure of myself when pain's...
Donald Miskel

Martial Arts Ethics

It comes as no surprise to anyone who knows me and who chances to read any of my essays or articles that I am...
Knowledge and Judgement

Knowledge and Judgement in the Martial Arts

Knowledge and judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from good or bad judgment regarding life situations, which leads to evolution over time. That’s how...
Pressure Point Fighting

Fighting

I started reading a martial arts book the other day titled Pressure Point Fighting, by Rick Clark. After reading the introduction, and then the...
Totally Tae Kwon Do

Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine Issues 2011

Totally Tae Kwon Do is an online magazine for Tae Kwon Do enthusiasts across the globe. The magazine is dedicated to all aspects of...