The Path of Traditional Martial Arts

  by Phillip Starr I often tell my students that training in the martial arts is very similar to weightlifting. That is, training should b...

  By Phillip Starr Years ago, I happened upon a book authored by an English karateka named Bill Burgar. A practitioner of Shotokan karate...

  by Phillip Starr Back when I trained in karate, my teacher mentioned the phrase, “mizu no kokoro”... This is a Japanese expression that m...

  by Phillip Starr Over the years, many people have asked me about how they might become highly skilled with a particular weapon, ranging f...

  by Phillip Starr This is for the karateka out there who (under their breaths) curse whoever is responsible for the Japanese forms featuri...

  by Phillip Starr Back when I trained in karate, my teacher mentioned the phrase, “mizu no kokoro”... This is a Japanese expression that m...

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