The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

  by Phillip Starr One day as the revered zen master, Dokuon, was idly smoking his long bamboo pipe, he was approached by Tesshu, a well-kn...

  by Phillip Starr When I first took up the study of martial arts I believed that the peculiar forms of punching, striking, and kicking con...

  by Phillip Starr *Excerpts from “Martial Maneuvers” by the author. My first encounter with what is known as “zanshin” ( 残心 ) occurred b...

  by Phillip Starr In a conversation I once had with Master Seiyu Oyata (10 th dan, Okinawan karate) one afternoon following a rigorous pr...

  by Phillip Starr On various martial arts forums I've recently noticed an interest being shown in what can best be described as "...

  by Phillip Starr Back in the early 70's, I read an interesting article in one of the martial arts magazines of the day. A writer int...