by rmgadmin | May 21, 2019 | writings
I do not speak Okinawan, Japanese or Chinese but I am very fluent in a certain kind of foreign language—KATA, specifically the dialect of the physical movement patterns of Okinawan Karate. I have been speaking this language for fifty years and teaching others how to...
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
