“All warfare is based on deception.”  So said Sun Tzu In The Art of War. This is particularly important in our martial art.  It is often, […]

Human beings are not the strongest, fastest, toughest or longest living species on this planet. How then did we come to be the dominant species. I […]

Fairly often I am asked the question above. Or a variation; which martial art should I choose for myself, my child, and so on. The answer […]

When we enter into one of our kata, an attack, or a counter-attack, we strive to move with a core body rotation that allows us to […]

What is tameshigiri. How do we practice it and for it, and why do we practice it. Recently Nami ryu had a gathering of the clan […]

This last weekend I was fortunate to host a gathering of the Nami ryu clan at the River of Life dojo. Please click on the link […]

Commutative locking is a principle of jujutsu that is integral to the art. A simple demonstration involves taking a finger of you partner and turning it […]

Pain is a very important source of information. It tells you when you’ve gone too far. It tells you when you’ve done too much. In that […]

On many occasions I have seen two practitioners set up for a kata, or drill, one is Uke (uke dashi) one is Tori ( shi achi.) […]

In older texts the teachers write of Shu – Ha – Ri. which means ’embracing the kata.’ Further explained the idea is that the student first […]