In the beginning the Americans were presented with the ken-po goku-i. The presentation was in the form of a silk certificate with the "...

Remember the old ad, dating myself, about the new memorex cassette tapes to promote their reliability and reality based quality? I have been...

Just to let interested folks know I am moving forward nicely with the eBook on the Ken-po Goku-i. I am slowly processing all my past posts a...

家訓 - derived from translating the Japanese word "kun" where it means "family precepts" 特訓 - derived from translating t...

First, go to Michael Clarke Sensei blog and read his post on the "Dojo Kun." Then return here to read my thoughts on the subject....

Take a cultural type tour of Okinawa that gave birth to many of our current systems of karate. This site is nicley provided for those who ha...

The gokui's first line is the keystone to all the lines. It in part represents the Universe's rhythm. There is a rhythmic frequency/...

First, I am not a zen master. I am not even a zen practitioner although I attempt to learn and live up to that path in my practice and train...

Just want to let anyone know who reads my posts that an extracted quote and attached comments by me are NOT to disparage the original source...

A recent post on kata brought out the analysis engine when I read comments that said words like, "Lethal, Destructive, destroying partn...

Earth Sign: one of the five elements in Chinese beliefs. Along with Heaven they both symbolize what is high is of heaven and what is low is ...

The activity of the brain during a dream activity, also using imagery or visualization, is the same as during a real event, neuronal pattern...

Noetic: From the Greek noēsis / noētikos, meaning inner wisdom, direct knowing, or subjective understanding. “Noetic” comes from the Greek ...

What is a visual metaphor, it is the representation of a person, place, thing, or idea by way of a visual image that suggests a particular...

Fringe-ology, an excellent read. In the part on Astronaut Edgar Mitchell epiphany in space the following quote spoke to me: Returning to E...

Long ago in a distant galaxy there was this very old movie, "The Face of Fu Manchu," circa 1965 starring Christopher Lee. This i...

This post is an attempt to analyze the ken-po goku-i as it might, may, maybe connect to the quote, "All bottles are good; they all serv...

I would begin this post by saying that it is NOT any particular theme, it is not something that will be anecdotal and it will not be stories...

I am considering a book. An eBook to be exact. There is a means of publishing on a site called "smashwords" so it spurred my crea...