Top 9 Posts From 2014
It’s that time of the year again. Time for the Top 10, er… 9, best blog posts of 2014! This year saw 2 distinct themes emerge: a critical examination of what internal power really is and its relationship to martial arts training, specifically, but not limited to, Bujinkan Martial Arts training, and the importance of…
Sometimes More Is Better
It seems that in this super busy, fast-paced world we live in many people are looking for the MED – minimum effective dose – for just about everything. How can we train more efficiently? How can we train smarter, not harder? How little can I do to produce the effects I want? Quality over quantity,…
My Morning Routine
For the past several weeks there has been a running theme interwoven throughout my blog posts. That theme has been practice, Daily Personal Practice (DPP), to be precise. I’ve gotten several questions about the details of my own DPP since I refer to it several times in my writing. So I figured I would pull…
Are You Practicing Wrong?
Are you making progress in your practice, or do you feel like you’re running in circles, making lots of motion but essentially getting nowhere? Maybe you’ve got this whole practice thing wrong… We all know that practice is absolutely essential to the development of any skill. But how should we practice? What qualities should our…