The Gracie UFC Conspiracy
Learn how Gracie Jiu-Jitsu shocked the mixed martial arts world by organizing the Ultimate Fighting Championship to promote the effectiveness of BJJ vs. MMA....
The Hidden Meaning of The Principle of Flow
This week we celebrated a birthday of one of my favorite student’s, Justin Ray Harvey. It’s significant because Justin is a true champion. He...
KODO: Ancient Ways: Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/Martial Artist
KODO: Ancient Ways: Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/Martial Artist is a compilation of columns that appeared between 1988 and 1995 in...
Age of the Samurai: Battle For Japan – Part 2
Hideyoshi - the Second Great Unifier - Invades Korea
After Nobunaga died (betrayed by Mitsuhide) Hideyoshi inherited his empire. After a few more wars, in Kyushu,...
Bruce Lee: A Life
“The first noteworthy treatment of its subject—and a definitive one at that...Fascinating narrative threads proliferate” (The New York Times Book Review).
Bruce Lee: A Life...
Facts About Ninjutsu – What You Never Knew
Ninjutsu has always been this mysterious and bigger than life subject - part myth, part fantasy. It’s been greatly misrepresented in movies, anime and...
Renbukai Karate
Renbukai Karate is renowned as a full-contact martial arts style. It was the first style to make extensive use of Bogu (protective equipment) in...
Martial Arts Journalism
Thoughts on Martial Arts Journalism
I consider myself a martial arts journalist and I take my job very seriously. For me, the job of a journalist...
The Aging Athlete: Inspirational Interviews With Some of the Fittest Survivors of Elite Athleticism
Can you imagine that most athletes become just as sedentary as the rest of us because they are over programmed for performance? What can...
Age of the Samurai: Battle For Japan – Part 1
This is a new 6-part Docu-Drama on Netflix. It provides a glimpse into the lives and times of the three great unifiers of Japan...
Wing Chun Illustrated
Wing Chun Illustrated Magazine aims to unify the entire Wing Chun family, to give a voice to all lineages, and to help preserve all...
Teaching Beginners . . .
A wonderful time in class this afternoon. Taught a beginner's class. I had almost forgotten the joy of taking the uninitiated and educating them in...
My Fight Your Fight: The Official Ronda Rousey Autobiography
THE ONLY OFFICIAL RONDA ROUSEY BOOK
“The fight is yours to win.”
In My Fight Your Fight, her inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic...
