The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

  by Phillip Starr Traveling the martial path is a lifetime endeavor. Many travelers anxiously seek the end of it and believe that they...

  by Phillip Starr When I teach seminars I often tell the participants that any given martial art can be divided into two parts, each of wh...

  by Phillip Starr The concept known as “dim mak” ( 点脉 , literally: "pulse point", alternatively “ diǎnxué” meaning “blood poin...

  by Phillip Starr I often urge my students to learn to read certain Chinese characters (particularly the ones associated with martial art...

  by Phillip Starr The next time you don your karategi, take note of where the knot is set; is it as high as your navel? Higher? Is it be...

 by Phillip Starr Kime ( Japanese : 決め ) is a Japanese word. It is the noun form of the verb "kimeru," which means "to decid...

  by Phillip Starr Back when I was a young karateka (karate student), the last three kyu grades (kyu is a grade below black belt) of brown ...