To Share or Not To Share? A good martial artist is responsive, not reactive. This is one of the key life benefits from martial arts training, so I’ll explain in some detail. Recently, … [Read more...]
The Breathing Book of Doom! (and get 50% off…)
Everybody breathes, but some do it better than others. Breathing training is the foundation of my martial practice, and as with everything else I do, I'm happy to teach it to you. The … [Read more...]
My top 5 martial arts, and why.
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of my School. I date it to the first demonstration and class I gave in a small room in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on March 17th 2001. While … [Read more...]
Dealing with it.
Oh my, what a week it has been. I was scared of hitting “publish” on my last post, for obvious reasons. I am a big bad scary martial arty swordsman, or at least that’s how a lot of people … [Read more...]
Ethics, and the study of swordsmanship
“Ethics (also moral philosophy) is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.” - Wikipedia I am writing the fourth … [Read more...]
How to Memorise Forms (or anything else)
Forms have been at the heart of martial arts practice since at least as far back as the Pyrriche war dances of ancient Greece, and documented in detail as early as 1536, in Achille Marozzo’s assalti … [Read more...]