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Introduction to Principle-Driven Skills Training

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...

Meeting O-Sensei

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, he accomplishes...

Makiwara Sensei

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 own time. One of the...