There are life lessons everywhere, even in the most unlikely of places. For the Evolving Martial Artist, fighting is a metaphor for life. Engaging a daunting adversary who hits and inflicts pain is like entering the every day battles of life. Hell, it...

First Steps in Martial Arts by Neil R. Hall is for novices about to embark on their martial art journey. It guides prospective students on all aspects: history, self defense, basics, sparring, etc. Martial Arts 101. With the proliferation of books...

Martial artists, accustomed to mental and physical discipline, understand the open secret to technical mastery is relentless repetition. Thousands of punches, round kicks to the bag, form and sparring practice. Drill, drill, drill. Practice makes...

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Some of you may know that Toni is a master of Reiki, a traditional Eastern healing art. Traditions that may not seem spiritual on the surface, also, almost always, have a deeper path. Recently Toni asked me to give some thought to this question: what...