Kata vs Waza Training

During this week’s episode, I’ll be showing you what I think is an odd aspect of a lot of martial arts training that makes it almost seem like

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e98 – KUDEN! – Getting in Your Own Way

From the very beginning of my training and over the course of several years, I had to come to grips with the fact that, very often, I was

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Blocking

During this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday lesson we’ll be looking at what most people call “blocking.” We’ll go beyond this over-simplified, and misleading, term to look at 3 Forms

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e97 – KUDEN! – Ninja Success Secrets

The sheer number of lessons and skill sets passed by my teacher, Soke Hatsumi, but overlooked by the majority of students these days are staggering to say the

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e96 – KUDEN! – 3 Aspects of Your Techniques

With everything this art has to offer, it has never ceased to amaze me how willing most people are to focus on so little of it. During this

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Unifying Principles

In today’s episode of Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we take a look at the flip side of last week’s “3-in-1 / 1-in-3” principle from the Gyokko school’s self-protection and

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e95 – KUDEN! – Can't vs Won't Solutions

During this episode we'll be looking at a serious problem; whether in a person's training, with their job, relationships, or whatever; that we cannot allow to derail us

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e94 – KUDEN! – Warrior “Class”

During this episode we'll be looking at the idea of what it means to be a “warrior”, historically, as well as some of the insights I've gained over

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Strategic Defense & Training Model

Join me for this week’s Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday as we focus on the full strategic scope of self-defense and protection, and not merely the physical defense skills –

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e93 – KUDEN! – Perception, Reality, & Success!

During this episode, I'll be sharing some core secrets of the ancient masters that I learned from my teachers- lessons that have been validated through discoveries in modern

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