by rmgadmin | Nov 3, 2017 | blog
DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND Recently, an isshinryu practitioner reached out to me to let me know he was reading my latest book, Rebel Isshinryu, and to share a thread from an isshinryu Facebook forum discussing my work. With all due respect to the many years of martial...
by rmgadmin | Jul 17, 2017 | blog
CHRONICLES OF THE DOKA #37 in a continuing series (84 days in the teaching life of an American sensei in 1999) Sunday, January 16, (continued) Sunday, January 16 I drill the two teenage boys, Frankie and Chris, on slip-stepping and diagonal evasions. I tell...
by rmgadmin | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a career kata practitioner and teacher, I can tell you there is a certain developmental arc to learning any new martial pattern. The first challenge is to simply memorize the sequence taught to you. Don’t worry about any kata nuances until you’ve gotten the...
by rmgadmin | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Martial Arts for the Spiritually Aspiring StudentAn important distinction can be made in marital arts between those who only desire physical skills for combating their opponents and those who wish to take their study into the interior or hidden realms of the psychic,...
by rmgadmin | Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
CHRONICLES OF THE DOKA#36 in a continuing series 84 days in the teaching life of an American sensei in 1999Sunday, January 16, 1999 Susan cancels her son’s ten o’clock class. “John’s sick.” Next up, Frankie and Chris at 11:00. Both teens are brown belts, sankyus....
