by Tambuli Media | May 28, 2018 | Chinese Martial Arts, Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Goju-ryu Karate, Karate, Russ Smith
In my experience training, studying, and teaching Okinawan Goju-ryu karate, I’ve encountered a significant number of students and teachers who have shared many of my same concerns over the teaching model(s) often used to present the content of this tradition. It is...
by Tambuli Media | Sep 20, 2017 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
Editor’s Note: It’s no secret that I am a collector of books. I love them; especially the ones that contain deep insights into common topics or esoteric discussions of areas not so clear. In Walther von Krenner’s book, Following the Martial Path,...
by Tambuli Media | Apr 7, 2017 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Karate, Garry Parker
by Garry Parker Editor’s Note – Training in the martial arts is a very personal thing. Sure, most people begin in a group class, following along. But as the years pass and the “Martial Way” becomes part of us, we each find a path forward on our...
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by Tambuli Media | Mar 14, 2017 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
by Ken Jeremiah Studying the martial arts is a spiritual pursuit, but at the beginning, students rarely understand this. They see everything in black and white. There are no shades of grey. Techniques are nothing more than devise used to control or injure another, and...
by Tambuli Media | Feb 13, 2017 | Aikido, Walther von Krenner
by Walther von Krenner When I first met the founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei (O-Sensei), he was 84 years old and he did not teach in Tokyo every day. I remember entering his office, which has a small door reminiscent of those found on traditional teahouses, and...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 12, 2016 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Garry Parker, Walther von Krenner, Ken Jeremiah
Tambuli’s Budo Bundle contains three important and insightful books on Japanese and Okinawan martial arts from the perspective of Westerns trained in the Far East. Book 1 – Atemi: the Thunder and Lightning of Aikido by Walther von Krenner and Ken Jeremiah,...
