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Donald Miskel

White Belt Karate for The Black Belt Fighter

White belt karate perfected to black belt level is karate at its efficient best. Let’s get back to real karate. Leave the esoteric stuff...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

10 Universal Laws of Warrior Code

The Ten Universal Laws of the Warrior Code: 1. Pay Attention. Stay in the present. It’s the only place anything real is happening. 2. Take Responsibility....
Peter Ralston's Cheng Hsin

Peter Ralston’s Cheng Hsin?

The Chinese words cheng hsin (pronounced "cheng shin") loosely translate as "truth" and "being" - an appropriate title for a body of work that...

Scott Grove Shares About His DragonForce Ninjas Martial Arts Video Game

Scott Grove shared with USAdojo.com about creating his DragonForce Ninjas martial arts video game and the Sensei App that goes along with the game....
Tales of The Karate Whisperer

The Karate Whisperer Cartoons

The Karate Whisperer is a cartoon strip created by the joint efforts of Gary Lee and Don Castillo, The Martial ARTist. Enjoy!
Kung Fu Styles

List of Kung Fu Styles

Bafaquan - Eight Methods Baguazhang (Bagua Zhang) - Eight Trigrams Palm Bajiquan - Eight Extremes Fist Bak Mei - White Eyebrow Black Tiger Kung Fu Chaquan - Cha Fist Changquan...
Love and Respect To Grand Master Parker Shelton

Love and Respect To Grand Master Parker Shelton

I was told by my friend, Sensei Rob Baker, that my hero and dear friend, Grand Master Parker Shelton has lung cancer and is...

Arcanum of Ninja Tactics: Legacy of the Shadow Warrior

Arcanum of Ninja Tactics: Legacy of the Shadow Warrior is available on Amazon. Written by Mark Steven Grove, the book is Illustrated by Matthew...
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu

Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu

Arts such as sumo, judo, karate, and wrestling, are often called "fighting arts." While it is not our purpose here to argue whether or...
Veterans Seek Help form VA

Veterans Seeking Psychiatric Help

Here is an excellent question I received about a recent tip, saying that, "A suck it up and drive on" ethos has great survival...
Mark Colangelo

Go Jiu Bujitsu the Civilized Mixed Martial Art

Let’s get real! While many love to watch and admire the techniques used in the Ultimate Fighting Championships and other no-holds-barred cage matches, only...
Donald Miskel

Renshi, Shihan, Hanshi (Oh My)

There are teachers, sensei and masters out there in every shape size and variety. They teach some of anything and everything an aspiring martial...
Boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in...
Asian Map

Asian Word Pronunciation

The charts below give an approximate Asian word pronunciation of words in Japanese, Chinese and Korean. The Japanese alphabet consists of 99 sounds formed with...
Donald Miskel

Is There Life in the Martial Arts After Old Age?

I have been on this martial art journey for about sixty one years. Since I didn’t start at birth most of you would have...
Bruce Lee's Close Friend Allen Joe

The Last of the Four Musketeers By Allen Joe

In his book, The Last of the Four Musketeers, Grandmaster Allen Joe tells an extraordinary personal story of his family, true love, triumph, heartbreaks,...