About Arnis
Arnis began in the Philippines over 1200 years ago. It was the fighting technique used against the Spaniards in the 1500's. Today Arnis is...
Appreciating Our Children
When my son, Alex, was little, I came home from work in a big hurry because I wanted to go for a run before...
Systema Faith-Based Operating System
The Systema operating system as taught by Mikhail and Vladimir is a faith-based operating system. The process of giving up your ego-based personal power...
Martial Arts Photography – The Early Days
It's hard to believe an article on martial arts photography would start out, "In the "old days" there was film... a piece of celluloid...
Filipino Martial Arts Digest Magazine
Filipino Martial Arts Digest Magazine published by Steven Dowd provides articles, information, events, news, seminars, techniques, pertinent to the Filipino Martial Arts and the...
Jutte Jutsu
Jutte jutsu is the Japanese martial art using the Japanese weapon jutte or jitte. Juttejutsu evolved mainly for use by law enforcement officers of...
Fujita Seiko The Last Koga Ninja
Summary
In the forty years since his death, Fujita Seiko has been a man of mystery, rumor and conjecture. Little of substance existed to bring...
Combat Knives and Knife Combat: Knife Models, Carrying Systems, Combat Techniques
On July 28, 2015 Jim Wagner's new book, Combat Knives and Knife Combat, co-written by Dietmar Pohl, who wrote on the technical aspects of...
The Princess and the Ogre: Martial Arts Based Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales for...
Many of the fairy tales and nursery rhymes you know are wrong. To write The Princess and the Ogre: Martial Arts Based Nursery Rhymes...
Going Through the Motions
I am sometimes guilty of going through the motions and I'm probably not the only one that is been guilty of physically being in...
Spirit Boxing
The line between a journeyman or practitioner and a master practitioner is a fine one. As one advances into the dan ranks he'll begin...
iBJJ APP
The iBJJ APP for iPhone and iPad offers 82 Gi and No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu submissions, escapes, advancements and drills and you can purchase many...
Martial Arts Definitions Q
Quando:
A spear-like weapon with a blade resembling a scimitar affixed to its end. This weapon is extremely heavy, and was used to cut through...
Solving the James Mitose Mystery
I have been doing a pretty comprehensive background check on the history of James Mitose and his contributions to our Kempo/Kajukenbo systems.
There is No Place Like Home Let’s Appreciate it
My son Alex and I just returned from a two-week trip to Nepal and there is no place like home. We were invited there...
The T-Ballification of America’s Youth
I can directly link the sense of entitlement and lack of motivation our youth expresses today to the day we stopped teaching them to hit...
