When I first walked into a martial arts school in the early nineties, I was thirteen years old. My oldest brother, Mike (in his mid-twenties at the time) took me there so we could train [...]
Sent out by his ninja clan to assassinate the daimyo Uesugi Kenshin, Ukifune Jinnai had a tall task that only he could accomplish. He had a secret weapon, his height. Jinnai was a dwarf ninja! [...]
I originally planned on writing three different blogs, one of each of the myths listed above. But I quickly realized I was writing all the same information to explain each of them. Hence why I’ve [...]
You walk in, bow to show your respect to the Master before changing into your uniform. You then go through a ritual of motions and reciting an oath before listening to the lecture for the [...]
Everyone loves a good origin story! Especially martial arts origin stories. Most martial artists have heard how Bodhidharma trekked from Inda across China and settled into a Shaolin Temple where he saw frail and tired [...]
You’re going to see me write some of the same statements over and over throughout my Myths and Misconception series. My answer to this myth is one of those statements. It depends on the instructor [...]
