The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

  by Phillip Starr “ There is no magic in punching like this”, my teacher told us as he performed a crisp corkscrew punch. I didn't al...

  by Phillip Starr Ask most martial artists what the basic premise of their art is, and you'll likely get the well-known “deer in the h...

  by Phillip Starr It was Master Seiyu Oyata (dec., 10 th dan of Okinawan karate) who told me, “Karate is very practical. In the kata, no...

  By Phillip Starr I remember when karate tournaments first began in this country. The year was 1963. I was too young to go to Chicago to...

  by Phillip Starr Many, if not most, new participants in a given martial art are interested primarily in learning effective self-defense. ...

  by Phillip Starr The martial ways are really a panapoly of movement; there is often jostling and clashing...weapons of steel, wood, or ba...

  by Phillip Starr The black belt is regarded much differently in the West than it is in the Orient. In Japan, achieving the grade of shod...