The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

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

by Phillip “Pete” Starr Although the term, "kung-fu" (also, "gongfu"), serves as a generic term for Chinese m...

by Phillip Starr      At the very beginning of any form, there is a brief period where you just stand still in a "natural" stance...

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

by Phillip "Pete" Starr When I was a young, aspiring martial arts teacher, I was absolutely convinced that there were, c...

by Phillip Starr All martial disciplines feature various forms of kamae, which are physical postures that practitioners assume ju...

by Phillip Starr Most karate enthusiasts have heard the classical quote from the Father of Japanese Karate, Gichin Funakoshi, “Ka...