One evening at the dojo a student noticed that the Master had on his desk the key text of an opposing school in the martial arts, the student asked why. The Master answered, “An opposing school in the Way is not the enemy though some students may choose to be, an opposing school is a...

In many modern schools it is taught that martial arts are for defense only but what constitutes defense? It is for each warrior to decide the answer to that question and what calls for that defense all the more so. If a warrior is aware of a threat to himself, his family or community and...