Taken from the cover of a book, Adam Mitchell purchased at an antique book store in Japan, the "Kikusui" logo literally translates to “Chrysanthemum water”. It's original reference...
"I am invincible" Maciej said as we were leaving the Dojo on Saturday morning. I knew what he meant, I think maybe more than he realized.
After morning training, I asked Maciej if he wouldn’t...
練習, renshu. To train repetitively. Knowing with the mind and knowing with the body are different things. I’m not interested in talking about a martial art I can’t realize and perform...
In 2014, I was led into an old Japanese tea house, by Sensei.
Accompanying me were a dozen or so folks I really knew nothing about, other than I’d trust my life with each one of them without...
Observing a student. You have to know each one in a way they do not know themselves. This is what separates a teacher from a charlatan, it’s the willingness to learn about the individual...
It just took some time to learn this.
“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others” - Confucius
I spent almost all of my life looking to fight, face...
20 years ago, I had my first training experience with my martial arts teacher, and in this episode I want to share with you some observations that I took from that experience and how it really...
About 15 years ago, I was at a martial arts seminar in Virginia that Manaka Sensei was teaching.
I want to continue the discussion about the fundamental difference between right and wrong. If you read the previous article, we talked about Bushido The Soul of Japan, written by Inazō...
On January 1, 2019 at 5:30 a.m., the first class of the new year bowed in and training began. The topic was centered on the Jinen Ryu Bikenjutsu kata, Hiryu.
Following, the tradition of...
During the 2018 Tokubetsu no Keiko, (special training) at the Jinenkan Honbu Dojo attended by instructors from around the world, Adam Mitchell received promotion to Rokkudan, 6th degree, by Unsui...
