All martial arts and all combat systems accurately study the concepts of distance and space. Just as we did for kuzushi (unbalancing), also in this case, we start from the Japanese ideogram “ma”, 間. In this kanji its two components can be identified: in the center, enclosed by the stylization of a door (門, kado), […]
The word exam generates a shiver down the back and a stomach ache to many of us. Anyone who has lived the adventure of getting through from a graduation path knows that every exam was a real birth. Each phase of the gestation is experienced by the student up to the travail of the night before […]
1. I am the Sensei thy Lord, thou shalt have no other Teachers before me. 2. Thou shalt not take the name of O’Sensei in vain. 3. Remember to participate in the National Seminars. 4. Honor thy Senpai and Koai. 5. Thou shalt not kill (nor break bones). 6. Thou shalt not commit impure techniques […]
