The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

  by Phillip “Pete” Starr When facing an opponent, whether it be a contest or an actual conflict, what is your ultimate goal? Of course, m...

  by Phillip Starr Many years ago, one of my students told me that he believed 90% of a student's training occurs outside of the traini...

  by Phillip Starr Zhijiexin…a word (and concept) that is rarely heard in the prac...

  By Phillip Starr Why should we bother to learn forms? Aren't they just antiquated relics from the past? Do they have any use in the...

 by Phillip Starr I believe that it was in the mid to late 1970's that I witnessed what was probably the finest performance of kata tha...

  by Phillip Starr I believe that it is through the assiduous practice of martial arts that we see our true selves as we really are; martia...