Arawa Kage Kan

I actually found the Soke through his writings in martial arts magazines. A younger cousin of mine was selling magazine subscriptions, and my mother wanted t...

Let’s consider the first question first: Is MMA effective against every other martial art form? We will approach this one from a sports perspective, as it is...

Thanks for the question. The tanbo (also called tambo, hanbo, and hambo) is one of the most practical weapons for a martial artist to practice. It is essenti...

That, my friend, depends on what you mean by traditional. When martial artists today talk about tradition, they’re referring to the Meiji Era attitude toward...

There are three realms of benefit from martial arts practice: physical, mental, spiritual. We’ll take them in that order. First, there are the physical benef...

Excellent question! As the martial arts have developed to greater degree in the US, we see more schools using titles such as those you’re referencing. Each a...

The stories of the old masters, aside from being very entertaining, are of great importance to modern martial artists. In these anecdotal histories, we get a...

This is an excellent question. Let me begin by saying that in Kiyojute Ryu Kempo, we train with the full range of Oriental weaponry, ranging from the tsurugi...

It depends on what is meant by brutal. If we take that to mean who is the most violent to its practitioners (that is, how rough is the training), the booby p...