You should not select a Tsuba(handguard) based simply on how well it will prevent you from getting cut. Further, a thick undecorated hand guard should be rejected out of hand.…

  The objective of a wanderer on the path is to spend as much time as possible on the path of mastery. Each wanderer has multiple paths so that mastery…

Our definition of being grounded is being in control of your Body, Mind, and Spirit. This manifests in different ways as each realm of YOU shows different indicators of being…

A warrior should make his best effort in the martial arts according to his own abilities and situation, even if he is naturally untalented in this Way. Miyamoto Musashi –…

The progression of the work, good performance, never-slackening attention, knowing the utility of things and the relative spirits of the men, plus giving encouragement—all such things are within the master…

The internet gives us all of the information in the world. Even though we can learn anything and progress on the path much easier with access to technology, the easiest…

It is truly difficult to grasp the Way by swordsmanship alone. By knowing the large, you know the small; and from the shallow, you reach the deep. Musashi, Miyamoto –…

One who is supposed to be a warrior considers it his foremost concern to keep death in mind at all times, every day, and every night, from the morning of…