Kenjutsu part 2
I was training in the park with my training partner and we were studying Kenjutsu. We were using bokkens (wooden swords). My training partner and I moved and changed our body positions to try and gain an advantage over each other. I remember I pulled my sword back into a high position (Jordan no kame) to make a strong attack at which point my training partner lunged in attacking my suigetsu (lower stomach), with a straight stab. I moved to the side and lowered my sword to middle position (chuden no kame), and the sword just missed my training partners ...
Gyo ~ Naturalistic Whole Body Physical Health & Conditioning Consistent Exercise as an early morning Ritual
I awake with a start “did I oversleep”. I fumble around the nightstand and find my watch. I press the Indiglo button and its only 4:56am; the alarm is not set to go off for another 4 minutes. I roll out of bed taking care not to wake anyone. I pull on sweat pants, t-shirt, pullover fleece, and wool socks. I lace up my cross trainers and say hi to my morning exercise partner, Libby. She waits patiently at the back door for me. I grab her leash, and away we go into the cold dark January morning. The moon and ...
Ideas for gifts for martial artists
This time of year, there's no shortage of people in your life that you're thinking of, that you'd like to do something nice for. That said, there's also no shortage of stress about finding gift ideas. We've got some recommendations below for the martial artists in your life (or treat yourself!) to help you find exactly the right holiday gifts no matter what you celebrate. Recommended for Everyone Training gift certificates: call the dojo or contact us online to ask about training gift certificates. We'll help you customize exactly the right certificate to fit your budget and the recipient. Call us at ...
Martial Arts and Habits
We live in a great system which provides us with several layers of structure and security. For example we have fresh water, stores for food and police to keep us safe. Very early in life we begin to form habits and ways of living that fit into these structures. Our very intuition, habits and reactions change to fit into these norms. Some martial arts systems teach students to break these old habits and replace them with something that may be helpful in situations which involve a great deal of stress. For example when I was training with Mr. Hayes at ...
Break free from personal limitations
Martial arts helps people break free from personal imitations. Over the years of studying martial arts I have come across many different systems. At first I was learning the basics of martial arts: punching, kicking, sparring, ground fighting and so forth. I felt, at the time, that this was the highest level of freedom. Then I started to think about applications outside the Dojo (school) and at that point I felt that I had achieved the next level of freedom. My next step in the exploration of martial arts was to see how they worked in a new environment – ...
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