The Courage of Self: Be Who You Are and Strive To Become Your Best
Be who you are and strive to become your best with that as a foundation. With a good foundation there’s no limit to what you...
Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
There are certain names that are associated with the development and promotion of the martial arts, names such as Sosai Masutatsu Oyama, Kyokushin karate;...
An Obscene Bid to Smear our Returning Veterans
The Myth of our Returning Veterans and Violent Crime:
“A long-standing goal of the left, recently invigorated, has been to drive a wedge between our...
Martial Arts Effectiveness
It is my belief that the martial art has to be tailored to reflect the need of the times we live in. The one...
Friends of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei?
Henry Ellis Aikido website and its contributors are either direct or indirect students of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. Students, who would never refer to themselves...
Sand Fu: Building Without the Proper Foundation
Yeah, I know. I can almost hear you complaining, “Sand fu, here he goes again with those ridiculous titles”. If you’ll be kind enough...
We Have Your Best Interest at Heart
We at USAdojo.com have only the best interest of martial artists and the martial arts community at heart.
I am a minister first and a...
Enlightenment – A Most Profound Universal Experience
We have all been taught by well-meaning and not so well-meaning people throughout the ages that enlightenment is the true answer for coming to...
Renshindo – Proficiency in a Contest
In this segment, I would like to speak some more on the principle of proficiency in a contest, (Renshindo). The primary goals of the...
A Practical Definition Of Chi
As a viable part of the martial artist's arsenal, chi, and specifically noncontact chi, is dubious, at best--at least as long as its proponents...
Building On a Preexisting Foundation
Archaeologists often find older cities beneath cities that rose up later. I’m not sure why that is but maybe it is because they use...
Spirit Boxing
The line between a journeyman or practitioner and a master practitioner is a fine one. As one advances into the dan ranks he'll begin...
Disagreeing Is Only Human
My brothers and friends, please let this old man take a moment of your time and intrude into your day to day doings.
Any police...
The Sovereignty of God
I found this illustration from Dr. A. W. Tozer's The Knowledge of the Holy to be a very appropriate view of the sovereignty of God.
"An ocean...
Why Not to Fight
I’m a minister and a pastor. I’m not supposed to advocate violence, yet I teach combat. I have on occasion taught the rare self...
Learning Through Failure
In all honesty, I might not be the one to write this particular study. I actually feel hypocritical in doing so. I am not...