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To lead people, walk behind them. Lao Tzu

Leadership

According to Gordon Brown the world is ‘leaderless’. We hear statements such as: fake news, alternative facts, truth isn’t truth??? Is it any...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Living Lessons: A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

One Saturday just before Christmas, I learned another lesson about kindness. I found myself in Walgreen’s where I was a part of an extremely...
Ueshiba Morihei O'Sensei

About Aikido

Eight forces sustain creation: movement and stillness, solidification and fluidity, extension and contraction, unification and division. Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world....
One Man's Quest for Perfection - The Dying Art of Karate

One Man’s Quest for Perfection – The Dying Art of Karate

"The way you train, the way you will carry yourself in a fight. If you don't experience pain in your training nor deliver pain...
Jissen Online Magazine

Jissen Online Magazine

Jissen online magazine brings you the very best in practical martial arts, no nonsense training methods, self-protection, kata application, physical conditioning, news and more!...

Ivan Outerbridge Travels to Home of Capoeira

Ivan Outerbridge travels to where slaves created the 'secret' art of Capoeira Avid and long time martial artist, Ivan Outerbridge of Capoeira Camara – Bermuda, recently...
jutte vs sword

Jutte Jutsu

Jutte jutsu is the Japanese martial art using the Japanese weapon jutte or jitte. Juttejutsu evolved mainly for use by law enforcement officers of...
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out

Sensei Ryan Speaks Out About Homework

Sensei Ryan Speaks Out About Homework in this EPIC Father/Son Battle! 5 Year Old Ninja vs. Black Belt Daddy. If you love action movies,...
Totally Tae Kwon Do

Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine

Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine is an online magazine for Tae Kwon Do enthusiasts across the globe. The magazine is dedicated to all aspects...
Filial Piety

Filial Piety

No one uses the phrase “filial piety” outside of a dojang. Why, then, do we? When I asked myself that question, I didn’t have...

LUA: A Fighting Chance

Secretly, in the dark of night, the ancient warriors practiced the deadly moves involved in the art of self defense called Lua (Kapu Kuialua)....
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Game Plan

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Game Plan: How to Develop a BJJ Game

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Game Plan: How to Develop a BJJ Game is a how to guide that basic, intermediate and advanced Brazilian Jiu...
Self Defense Rescripted

Self-Defense Rescripted DVD

Self Defense Rescripted is a practical and effective approach to self defense for good, ordinary, real people. You will find the Self-Defense Rescripted DVD a very...

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt begins in the 15th century when a young Okinawan boy is initiated into the martial arts of...
Krabi Krabong Martial Arts

Krabi-Krabong

Krabi-Krabong is the art of sword and staff fighting in Thailand. This weapons system is hundreds of years old. Its weapons are made of...
Jigoro Kano

The Foundation of Kodokan Judo and It’s Development

What is widely prevailed all over the world now under the general name of judo means the Kodokan Judo which Prof Jigoro Kano founded...