Dear friends, The Universal Martial Arts Association (UMAA) is proud to present the First Annual UMAA Hall of Fame weekend. This year's Hall of Fame will be...
Greetings! What Are You "REALLY" Going To Do In 2007? In our Mastermind and Inner Circle meetings our members quickly come to understand that there is a big...
Osu! Kaicho Naker. Thank you very much your e-mail. Happy new year 2007. Pls replly me the this add. ashiharakarate.lk@... Thank you very much Sensei...
I agree ... not elegant (but reality rarely is) but definitely realistic without the egotistic arrogance that is presented by many who show knife defenses. ...
Hi everyone. Time to poll the collected wisdom again............... I'd like to have a couple of kongoken made for the dojo. Has anyone had any experience...
Greetings and a Happy New Year to all. This Feb 17 and early early 18th which is the Okinawan New Year. Will be having open seminar up in Oregon, thanks to...
Hi everyone! If you want to come work out with Charles Garrett sensei and me, give me a line quickly. I'm inviting Harry Davis and Michael Taylor and a couple...
Dear Hank, Nice to see you posting and looking forward to reading of what you guys were up to. Wishing you the best for this New Year. Regards Hoosain -- ... ...
This is fantastic. To see some elders get into martial arts and develop into great karate ka. This backs what I feel about the arts. They are great for...
Thank you Hank Shinshii. This will be a fantastic get together. This all started out, over a set of Sai I purchased for a friend. Then calling him up, and...
Damn little thief is at it again not giving author's credit for their work Every time he does one of these articles just goodle the first line and you'll find...
Omote and Ura - Seen From the Front and The Hidden The Japanese word "Omote" stands for something that is seen our right in front of you. The word "Ura" stands...
The Tao of Kaizen - The Path of Constant and Never Ending Improvement The true foundation of Kaizen or constant and never ending improvement begins with...
Sun Tzu "Know yourself and know your opponent" Sun Tzu in his classical work, "The Art of War" stated that to be guaranteed victory that you had to know...
Folks who have been reading this list for a while have heard me talk about "Crazy Larry" drills on the heavy bag. Essentially, you and your partners take turns...
Dear Members and Friends, We have sold out our first 50 Rooms that were "blocked" for the Universal Martial Arts Association Hall of Fame at the Omni Hotel for...
Shiisa dogs, or lions? Anyone on this fine list know? While in Okinawa I noticed, that the Okinawan's have a Shiisa dog, not Lion. Where do Okinawan's place...
Martial Arts and Self-Defense Videos New Submission 2-5-2007 Tai Chi Short Form Martial arts and self-defense, DVDs and downloadable videos. Feel free to...
Zanshin - Perfect Awareness One of the most powerful things I see students learn from their training in classical martial arts is what the Japanese call...
My favorite Kata is Anaku, because it makes me feel more "alive" when performing it. I don't know why, it just does. Later, Stephen W. ... In a message dated...
Hello All, Gong Xi Fa Cai ! The Chinese New Year is here ! We wish you lotsa happiness, good luck and good fortune on this joyous occasion. A warm Xin Nian...
Okuden - The Secret Teachings In classical martial arts teachings, the teacher would hold back knowledge from the students until he was sure that they were...
Mushin- The Art Of "No Mind" I used to have a student that called Mushin - "Mushy Mind" but in reality it is all about being able to block out distractions and...
-its a remarkable feeling , you don't even know what you did , you just do it,people have done it , cops in fire fights , people lifting incredible weights in...
Quite a while ago, when this list was more active, we had a lot of discussion about what kata stories meant. Among which there were many who felt Naifanchi...
All katas have the possibility of ground fighting weapons throws chokes
punch's and yes back against the wall even corrections if you mess up the
first...
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