Top Five Blog Posts of 2011 by Ms. Doll
1) A Path to Liberation by Herman Kauz 2) Tao In 3) T’ai Chi Ch’uan for Health and Self- Defense 4) Mountain- Inner Knowledge; Including Master Chia’s 6 Healing Sounds 5) The Yin and Yang + Heaviness Exercise
Tag Archives: Kyudo
As Master Pearson would say, “ding…little lightbulb!”
Greetings, So I’ve just returned from an amazing professional conference in Boston. I had a wonderful time catching up with people I haven’t seen in years and also learning a great deal through various sessions with people who are outstanding in their particular fields. I went to several sessions about incorporating media into Jewish congregational […]
What do you shoot for?
From Legends of the Martial Arts MAsters edited by Susan Lynn Peterson For as long as he could remember, all Saito ever wanted to do was become and expert kyudo archer in the service of his lord. For ten years, since he was only three years old, he had been practicing with a bow. Soon […]
The Five Deadly Venoms
The Five Deadly Venoms Last week I watched this Kung Fu movie. According to Wikipedia it is from 1978. According to the back of the box it has inspired generations of martial art films since its creation. The plot involves the loyal student of a martial art instructor whose last request is that the student […]
How we are Perceived as Martial Artists
Back in the early 90′s I attended a 10 day martial art retreat in northern Vermont. It was a traditional japanese martial art retreat, in that we all wore kimonos and hakama. We dressed like that the majority of the time. One day I decided that I would run and get gas for my car […]
Meeting a Master of the Way on the Way.
If you meet a Master of the Way on the Way, Greet him neither by bowing or not bowing. Over the past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about manners. As a student of several martial arts, I have come to appreciate that each art has something to offer. There are no bad […]
