The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

Thoughts and lectures about the spiritual side of the traditional martial arts.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Chi-Ku and Traditional Training

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      In the practice of contemporary martial arts there is a tendency for instructors and students to shy away from any training routine...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

What Will You Do With One Corner?

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     I was recently reading about a young man’s first visit to Japan.  He had trained in iaijutsu and kenjutsu for several years with a J...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Everything You Need To Know...

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     Some years ago there was book written which was entitled, "Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned In Kindergarten....
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Why Are You Here?

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       A question we seldom ask ourselves but which is all-important to our progress in martial arts (or anything else) is, "why are ...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

How Much?

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        How frequently one should train is a question with which I have often been faced.  Rarely does anyone like the answer they get but...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Listening To The Past

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Most martial arts neophytes, and even a good number of advanced practitioners, tend to see martial arts primarily as a sophisticated means o...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Riding the Crane and Preparing For Class

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      A couple of days ago I was reflecting on how classes were conducted in my old Omaha school and I stopped and considered how classes ...
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Phillip Starr
Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China
I began training in the martial arts in 1956. My primary art is Yiliquan kung-fu, which I developed after training with my teacher, Master W.C. Chen (a student of the legendary Zhang Zhaodong). I am also a yudansha of Kyokushin karate, and a certified instructor of the Pekiti-Tersia arnis system. I was the first kung-fu stylist to become a U.S. National Champion under the auspices of the USKA (United States Karate Assn) in 1976. In 1992 I came out of retirement to become U.S. National Champion once again. From 1991-95 I was the National Chairman for the AAU Chinese Martial Arts Division, which became the largest kung-fu organization in the nation. I have authored five books to date; The Making Of A Butterfly, Martial Mechanics, Martial Maneuvers, Hidden Hands, and Developing Jin. I lived in China for 3 yrs.,in the bowels of the dragon...Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, China. and have now returned to Omaha, NE. where I continue to write and teach traditional Chinese martial arts.
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