Trigger Warning
Some have misunderstood why we do mind training. It is not to mellow out. It is not to graft a foreign spiritual dimension onto martial arts.
Martial Arts Training
What We Do
In light of the harmony of nature and the disintegration of culture we need a way to make sense of the world and our role in it. We use our training to do this.
修行 Shugyo v. Continuous Training
Over time, continual training pervades all experience. It becomes natural. Not as an act of will but as a way of life.
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Training In Darkness
Every time we are facing the unknown a flood of information is coming our way.
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Opponent’s Intent in the Seven Samurai
To anticipate the opponent’s intentions and predict gaps in his defense before they appear are part of the lore of budo. How do we train it?
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Controversial Bunkai Videos
I investigated: if we are supposed to use kata to train in self-defense, why was there no relationship between the way we move in kata, in kumite and in yakusoku? Why do even the kihon, as taught, not work in practical application? I began to get the answer…
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Directed Energy
We build on our foundation of a powerful body and real combative skill. We develop a strength of mind that we can deploy anywhere, anytime.
Lost Bunkai and the Karate Revolution
There is nothing standing in the way of recovering the bunkai applications within the framework of current dojo practice. As long as people want to learn them.
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Training and Anti-Training
…keep your eyes open. There are opponents that are easy to miss. They are not all in human form. But they are real. They sneak up. They may seem harmless. You can get used to them and drop your guard…
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Black Belt Test 2025
Congratulations to all who participated and successfully completed the training and testing!
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Training in Traffic
A traffic jam is one thing. If someone is messing with us, threatening , doing harm, then we respond with appropriate, skillful action.
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Mountain Karate at F.E.N.C.E. Summer Camp
The kids had a great time in the Mountain Karate classes at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center summer camp in Tryon, NC.
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Danger and Attention
Unbroken attention is our fundamental training tool.
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Practical Use of Sai
We use the sai to train practical self-defense.
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気をつけ – Attention In Kata
We need to apply sharp attention – laser-focused or global – without distraction, doubt or delay, and shift between those modes as conditions demand. Our kata show us how…
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