by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
Many karate systems teach the Sanchin kata as an external training method to strength-condition practitioners with a series of breath-controlled tensions. This mainstream understanding is a viable but topical explanation missing some of Sanchin’s other, more...
by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
The real power of martial arts lies in linking one’s physical training to one’s meditation practices. Both adepts and neophytes alike, who practice various breathing and concentration exercises, will receive encouraging results for their efforts. Read...
by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
Think gangly, introverted seventeen-year old, living in a quiet, insulated and affluent, New Jersey suburb. One evening I was “wowed” by Ilya Kuryakin’s (David McCallum) karate chop, summarily dispatching a Russian, Cold War thug during an episode of the popular 1960...
by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
Karate Do is a way of seeing, a way of being, a way of acting, a way of carrying oneself, in essence, a Path, that extrapolates martial principles for living one’s life intelligently, skillfully, with clarity and compassion. Read...
by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
A Noted Teacher Talks About The Spiritual Nature and Transformative Process of the Martial Ways. Read More
by rmgadmin | May 17, 2019 | writings
I recently reread Remembrances of Okinawa: Chinkuchi by Lt. Col. Charles Murray (USAF) written in 1971, with the intention of addressing the subject in more detail for karateka about this fascinating art within an art—Chinkuchi. Much of the information attempting to...
