The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

      The little voice in my head wouldn't calm down. “You need to write about the coiling power”, it said. “For future g...

      Is your style of karate or kung-fu considered a “hard style” or a “soft style?” Most Western practitioners of these disci...

“ Do what you cannot possibly do. Make the impossible possible.” -Masutatsu Oyama Founder of Kyokushin karate       ...

      Many traditional martial arts require that students wear a special practice uniform. The names for these numerous forms of ...

      MARTIAL MECHANICS was my second book. I'd always wanted to write a book like this; explain the principles of physics ...

     Last April marked my 57th year in the martial arts. I recall looking through a copy of my first book, The Making Of A Butterf...

       All martial disciplines feature various forms of kamae, which are physical postures that practitioners assume just prior to en...