Eastern martial philosophy impacts on us with its undeniable fascination. A life of discipline, of the search for perfection that collides with the banality, the haste, the superficiality of the […]
The eight fold
Categoria: Martial Arts
The smart bullet
One hundred-four years ago, Francesco Olivero, an Italian soldier, wrote from the trenches in the middle of WWI “Because of the labors and dangers of war, there are certain fools […]
Training the respect
In that kind of do-it-yourself marketing that rages in the world of Martial Arts, one of the various mantras is the claim that the practice of a discipline “teaches respect”. […]
Learning how to feeling good. Learning for feeling good
In the past four days, I have heard four different people, in different environments, saying more or less the same thing. In order: An Aikido teacher: “If we are here, […]
Foggy by fear – kasumi waza (霞 技)
One of the characteristics of Martial Arts is to use an exotic nomenclature. Not only because the terms are usually given in the original Oriental languages but also because their […]
Non resitstance and the fake pacifism. The principle of muteiko 無 抵抗
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of […]
You cannot lock the Sun in a room: the concept of “ma” (space)
All martial arts and all combat systems accurately study the concepts of distance and space. Just as we did for kuzushi (unbalancing), also in this case, we start from the […]
Exams are means and not an end
The word exam generates a shiver down the back and a stomach ache to many of us. Anyone who has lived the adventure of getting through from a graduation path knows […]
The Ten Commandments of Budo
1. I am the Sensei thy Lord, thou shalt have no other Teachers before me. 2. Thou shalt not take the name of O’Sensei in vain. 3. Remember to participate […]