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Interesting history here. It's too bad SBD had to reinvent itself. TSD is a great martial art with deep traditions that tie it to so many other martial arts.

At some point, it might be better to start looking for a different career. If the government can't back off on all of the laws that put LEOs into positions where they must violently intercede in people's non-violent and peaceful choices, I can only see this situation getting worse. Anyway, it's...

This is a good question. I think we might want to be very careful about slapping a cultural label down on the art and saying distinctively that it is _____. I like the fact that Tang Soo Do draws from so many traditions. I think this invites the idea that the art can grow and change and can...

I like the Chinese wax wood staves. They have a good amount of flex and they are durable for partner practice.

Seishiro Okazaki founded Dan Zan Ryu Jujutsu in Hawaii and he incorporated the philosophy of Kokua into his martial art. Kokua is a Hawaiian term that means to help each other. In Dan Zan Ryu, the overarching philosophy is for it's practitioners to help each other learn the art, to become...

Tang Soo Do philosophy is kind of all over the place, but it loosely follows Shotokan. Hwang Kee incorporated a lot of Daoism into the philosophy of Tang Soo Do.

Jigoro Kano was the founder of Judo. Here is what he said of the Do in 1915. "Judo is the way of the highest or most efficient use of both physical and mental energy. Through training in the attack and defence techniques of judo, the practitioner nurtures their physical and mental strength...

Funakoshi Gichin was the founder of Shotokan. Funakoshi laid out the Niju Kun in order to describe the philosophy of Shotokan. Nij? kun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personally, I've trained in the following arts that have used Do as part it's name or have practiced in a Do-jo. Shotokan Karate Tang Soo Do Moo Do Kwan Dan Zan Ryu Jujutsu Judo Some martial arts that I've trained in that have had an overarching philosophy, but no Do have been the following...

I've been thinking about this question for a long time, what does the "do" in your art supposed to mean? What did the founder intend it to be? I know a lot of you train in arts with out the "do" in it's name, but if you train in a do-jo perhaps you still have a concept that is similar to the...

Of course they would. They are professional athletes. The average person doing TMA is not even close to that level of physicality. That said, I might be able to beat an NFL kicker...;)

Oh how the tax farms like to hold onto their livestock.

Been here since 2003. Glad to see you back, Terry. Thank the gods that your health is bouncing back!

It all depends on the teacher. TSD schools vary in quality and curriculum, so you need to actually see it in order to judge if your physically capable and if the MA is a good fit. That said, one of the good things about martial arts is that you will learn that you are more capable of much more...

Thanks for all of the feedback and discussion. It's easy enough to go back and redo some of the sections. I may have to purchase an actual mic for the voice overs, the stock mic on my computer is pretty terrible. As to the video and stills, I have all kinds of video and stills because of other...

Here is a little background on DZR. It's a system of jujutsu that grew in Hawaii around the turn of the last century when people from all sorts of different nationalities were emigrating here. It incorporates martial arts from Japanese, Chinese, Okinawan, Filipino, and Hawaiian martial arts...

I produced a short video to promote Dan Zan Ryu, Hawaiian Jujutsu, as a Martial Art. Can you give me some feedback before I make it totally public?

Here is a diagram that I use with my karate students that I think applies to this discussion. As far as I understand the martial arts world, I think it can logically be broken down into three categories. 1. Martial Art - Techniques and methods that are taught for artistic reasons or...

The fight would still be on if there was a different policy in place. Could this policy actually be a drag on the sport?

Despite title fight miss at UFC 177, Renan Barao said weight cut isn?t issue | MMAjunkie When does weight cutting become too dangerous to keep doing? Barao seems to think that this wasn't an issue for him, but if he's cutting 22 lbs and fainting, that is a huge problem. Apparently, he fell in a...

My parents baptized me into the Catholic church very shortly after I was born and I performed a few of the sacraments as a child. By about 8 years old, I realized that the stories didn't make any sense. I still went to religion classes at my parents behest, though. I remember asking all kinds...

If Seasteading becomes a reality, 70% of the surface of the Earth becomes more viable to use. There are huge energy resources in the oceans and huge potential for food production. There is also a real possibility to clean up the mess of previous generations. So, is a "degraded" environment and...

If we turned out all of those lights, wouldn't that "degrade" the environment for humanity? How many of us would die? What if those pictures you showed were the byproducts of our species overall success? Couldn't we find ways of eliminating those byproducts and keeping the lights on? Have...

What is unnatural in this picture? What is degraded?

If you were going to poop on my couch, I'd ask you to stop. My guess is that my appeal to your better nature would prevail. That principle, writ large, could save humanity. In all seriousness, let me know when you come. I've love to meet you.

Energy resources, as far as humans are concerned, are not finite. The energy escaping from the Earth and coming in from space will never run out in any human scaled time. As far as the environment is concerned, my point is twofold. What humans do to the environment is natural and fluid. If...

It's all small potatoes. Chernobyl bounced back. Chernobyl nuclear disaster site becomes a wildlife area, including over a hundred wolves (with updates) | The Wildlife News Humans might not make it if we can't get our act together, but the Earth will be fine. That said, the essential...

LOL! The cave paintings at the famous sites in France showed that they knew calculus too! Look, we all say silly things when we buy into this irrational anti-human ideology. Look what I wrote in 2004!

Pollutants can make the environment unfit for humans, but those things can change. Those things HAVE changed in many dramatic ways in fact. I see more and more people interested in restoring natural environments and in preservation everyday. The cynical perspective is a relic of irrational...

From the perspective of what humans need in order to survive with our current behaviors intact, I can see how people could view what we are doing to the environment as degradation. The missing piece, IMHO, is the consideration that human behaviors can change and as we become increasingly...