Weekly Greetings. Yes, it has also been my plan to write about the winter retreat this week. As Master Pearson said we do share a lot about it, and though it may become repetitive for people who do not attend our annual Winter Retreat, it is such a perspective- changing experience that I want to […]

Congratulations to Sensei Gardner who was awarded the rank of 5th Dan in Aikido this past August.  This is an incredible accomplishment and is certainly worthy of much praise.  Sensei Gardner has been studying martial arts since 1980, and even studied full time in South East Asia for a period of time.  Since 1992, Sensei […]

I see some of our videos are up from the weekend- It was as always, full of information and challenges, plus lots of fun. I’d like to write some more thoughts about it for my post this week, this will both share more of what we did and how it affected me, and help me […]

Those of you who know me well know that for the past year I have been very interested in what’s called combatives – or reality-based martial arts.  I very much wanted my martial arts practice to be grounded in practical approaches to modern combative scenarios that one may find one’s self in. At the same time, […]

This post is going to be a very brief summary of what various martial arts have become in modern times. The summary may include some brief history or philosophy that is specific to the martial art, although some may not. There are some interesting differences in some of these martial arts… Judo Judo is best […]

I was going through some old journals and found a quote that I had put in the Rochester Taekwondo Club’s newsletter back in the early 80′s, by the founder of Aikido: Morihei Ueshiba (O Sensei).  It is one of my favorites and I thought I would share it with you. Regardless of how quickly an […]