The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

by Phillip Starr I would hope that the majority of my readers would be more than a little familiar with the basic forms of etique...

by Phillip Starr In days long since past, the village kung-fu teacher also frequently served as the village doctor. He might not...

by Phillip Starr When I was finishing my first book, “The Making Of A Butterfly”, I asked my literary agent about the odds of fin...

by Phillip Starr Many years ago, I used to write articles about various aspects of the martial arts and send them out to my senio...

by Phillip Starr      I'll bet I studied something in elementary school that the rest of you didn't (except for some of the ol...

by Phillip Starr Is your style of karate or kung-fu considered a “hard style” or a “soft style?” Most Western practitioners of t...

by Phillip Starr      As we enjoy our practice of our chosen martial disciplines we tend to get caught up in what I call the "punch-...