by rmgadmin | Jan 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
PART 2 IN A CONTINUING SERIES I taught four hundred and twenty classes over an eighty-four day period beginning January 13, 1999. During that time, I engaged slightly over three hundred students a week. Seventy-five percent of the nation’s professional martial arts’...
by rmgadmin | Jan 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
CHRONICLES OF THE DOKA Eighty-Four Days In The Teaching Life Of An American Shifu In this blog I want to draw your attention to the practice of an integrated, holistic martial system by giving readers an intimate glimpse into a martial sensei’s life;...
by rmgadmin | Jul 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
ALL CHOKED UP By Christopher J. Goedecke The point of these blogs is to present the many facets of training that compose the great martial mosaic. In our dojo, conversations can be as broad as the dimensions of physical training. Because there are many conceptual...
by rmgadmin | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
CHILDREN & THE MARTIAL ARTS—AN UPHILL BATTLE By Christopher J. Goedecke More than ever, our children need a serious and sensitive approach toward understanding violence, aggression and empowering self-disciplines. Never before have martial arts...
by rmgadmin | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
KATA AS MOVING MEDITATION Martial arts students often here about kata as a ‘moving meditation.’ This essay brings to light what this means in the context of Buddhist martial kata practice. The following was an essay written by the late Buddhist Scholar, Nagaboshi...
