The Difference Between a ‘Do’ and a ‘Jitsu’
Not very original and bordering on plagiarism but that’s me in spades. I’m a bad mutha (shut your mouth!) but I’m talking about Donn...
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...
A Step Toward Courage
Bobby played center on our High School football team and had a disease that affected his ability to run. I remember watching him as...
Living Lessons – Leader of the Pack
I started martial arts training in Sacramento at "Arden Way's Self Defense School of Karate" in the early 1970's, under Hanshi Bruce Juchnik. And...
Martial Arts Mastery Resides in the Basics
It has been a lifelong endeavor for me to truly master the martial arts. I have dedicated nearly 55 years of my life to...
Putting the Pieces Together (Volume 1)
Quotes are like pieces of experiences, the quotes summarize in a line or two a lesson learned for life. The hope is always to...
New Births and Fresh Perspectives: New Martial Arts Systems
Knowledge of combat should be the foundation of any martial arts systems. How we come by that knowledge is the question. It would either...
Learning Through Failure
In all honesty, I might not be the one to write this particular study. I actually feel hypocritical in doing so. I am not...
Martial Arts Mastery Requires Time, Effort and Experience
I just got home from teaching my Saturday morning martial art class. Everything hurts. My orthopedic surgeon and my pain management doctor warn me...
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....
The Panda Chronicles
The Panda Chronicles is fiction, based on unbelievable fact. Real life undercover narcotics Detective Rico Rose was known as the Panda on the streets....
Martial Arts and the Christian Kindle Book
Mitchell, Nebraska, October 12, 2012―LaurentBooks is proud to announce the following publication, Martial Arts and the Christian, on Amazon Kindle eBooks.
Martial Arts and the...
Conditions of a Solitary Birds
Conditions of a Solitary Bird is an updated version of Gordon Richiusa's Master of Arts English Literature thesis written over 50 years prior to this publication.
Renshindo – Proficiency in a Contest
In this segment, I would like to speak some more on the principle of proficiency in a contest, (Renshindo). The primary goals of the...
How A Disaster Disarmed America, Or Was It Something Else?
There is no doubt that Mother Nature is a formidable opponent. Her beauty and her wrath can change on us in a moment’s notice...
Fighters Magazine
Fighters Magazine was the UK's number one for Full Contact Martial Arts magazine.
Fighters Magazine is no longer being published.














