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 –…
By Sensei Neville Billimoria, San Diego CA Food and Diet: You are what you eat. Both disease and energy come through food. Unfortunately, most of us eat for the sake of eating not for the sake of health. Our food, from a holistic perspective, serves two primary functions. The first is to nourish and give…
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,…
If we look at what have become an all too common cultural norm, be it in politics, business or personal life, it seems that winning at all costs has replaced the more humane and wise notion of winning- but doing so following the rules of the game and a moral imperative. When we look the other way,…
“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…
Green Willow Karate was founded in San Diego, CA in 2008. Also known as Aoinagi Ken Shu Kai, our dojos teach traditional karate with an emphasis on self-control and conflict avoidance. Our training develops the attitude, mindset, technical skills and spirit to overcome violent confrontations, ideally by avoidance and strategy, but if all else fails, with…