Why Invest in Learning a Wisdom Tradition Like the Martial Arts or Make Sure Your Kids Do?

By Sensei Neville Billimoria, San Diego CA A Whole-Person education means getting you Career, College (if that is in the cards) and Citizen Ready That requires competence– academic achievement and character– Ethics “adherence to the unenforceable” or “what you do when no one is watching”, with the discipline, life skills and mindset, heart set and skill sets to be successful –…

The Challenges of Kata Transmission Through the Ages: Which is the Correct Version?

While fresh, after a deep dive into Okinawan karate history, due to sequestration during the Covid-19 pandemic (in 2020 btw which will validate a point I will underscore momentarily) and predicated on more than 40 years of both academic and experiential exploration and personal experience with the essence of karate-do which in my opinion is kata,…

The Medium-less Medium: Aoinagi Karate-do as an Art of Expression

 “Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend technical knowledge until the art becomes an artless art flowing from the unconscious.”DT Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture  Overview of Aoinagi as an Artistic Method: The martial art we practice, Aoinagi Karate-do, like most classical martial art systems can be divided into its two core components, the…