“When I was young they said the first step of shugyo is to endure the pain that the teacher gives you. On the other hand, these days, from my point of view I can say it’s a bad tendency to be over-protective. There are so few young men who will go through this hardship. It […]

In a previous post I wrote about the importance of ukemi in your training, here is a quick story about Soke Takamatsu during his travels and adventures in China. “While in China he fought in several battles. In one of these battles a mounted soldier was charging at him. Takamatsu was at this point not […]