Martial Arts and Modern Life

A couple of days ago 2008 post of mine, The Broader Meaning of Kuzushi , was picked up by Aikido Journal and featured in their blog. Nice...

Fabulous clip of 7 stone (44.5 kg) Miss May Whitley giving a lightning introduction to the role of unbalancing   in jiu-jitsu  before throwi...

This year my first theme of the month is Juicy   kuzushi. Kuzushi  is the art of disrupting your opponent's balance.  Even if (s)he is ...

The first and most important step in applying a throwing technique [ideally: any technique] is to first employ kuzushi . Usually, I would e...