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"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...

Flip open any martial-arts trade magazine, and you’ll find page upon page of ads for merchants selling instructional books and videos. Learn the ancient...

Virtue is the fount whence honor springs. ~ Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) A salient feature of the samurai’s code of conduct was honor. Usually regarded as...

It is 1993, the vision of the Sport Karate Museum was already in my head and Johnny Kuhl had given me Master Aaron Bank's...

“Muay” means to “Fight” and “Thai” is Thailand and “Muay Thai” comes from “Muay Boran” which is Thailand’s ancient fighting defense system that has...

Quotes are like pieces of experiences, the quotes summarize in a line or two a lesson learned for life. The hope is always to...

Leading Edge Threat Mitigation Courses are taught by Joseph B. Walker. Seminars, offer corporate and business training and we teach in public, private and...

Your problem is that you simply have no purpose or direction”. One day when I was living in California I realized I had piled way...

Conditions of a Solitary Bird is an updated version of Gordon Richiusa's Master of Arts English Literature thesis written over 50 years prior to this publication.

Ultimate Flexibility is the book you've been waiting for. More than a collection of exercises or an explanation of technique, Ultimate Flexibility is a...

Eating Mindfully refers to eating in a calm, slow, deliberate way. What exactly is eating mindfully? Believe it or not, you have practiced eating mindfully plenty...

O: “Big” or “great.” Obi: Belt. Obi-otoshi Belt drop Odachi:: See “tachi.” O-goshi: Major hip, hip technique O-guruma: Major wheel. Judo foot technique. Oi-zuki Step punch. Okuri-ashi-harai: sending foot sweep, Judo foot technique. Omote: “Front” or “obvious.” Oni ken: Extended knuckle fist. Orei: “Respect” or...

Joseph B. Walker, a retired police lieutenant is also known as Joey Walker, the karate champion and martial arts instructor. In his book, Shots Fired,...

Are you someone that always has to be right? If so, the people in your life might start developing a certain amount of defensiveness...

Shuri-ryu is a very old and traditional system with a long and unbroken history. From the ancient method, much wisdom has been gained and...

In the early 1970s Marilyn Fierro found herself pursuing a way of life that was supposed to be closed to women - the martial...