The River of the Way Meeting a Master of the Way, on the Way. The Teacher Student Relationship Shin Ho Kwan’s Doctrine of Behavior Respect Secrets I know, that was 6 and not 5. This post was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I couldn’t figure out which posts to pick. Should […]

Greetings: Even if you have only been reading our blog for a short time, you probably have noticed that some of us, Master Pearson in particular, are keenly interested in subjects such as etiquette, respect, attitude, and discipline and how deeply these things are intertwined with martial arts practice.  On the surface it seems simple; […]

I thought I would talk a little more about respect this week. I am still away from my computer and once again I’m going to be posting from my phone and once again I’m sorry for the lack of pictures. A student of mine once asked me on the way to a non-taekwondo seminar, “what […]

So what follows is my second post for this week (April 18th-24th).  You can see my previous post for an explanation on why you’re hearing from me twice this week…I don’t really feel like revisiting that little episode here. (inserted comment post completion…please read all the way to the end.  This is a long post […]

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 […]