Life After Fighting – Worth the Watch?

February 15, 2025 Gary Padgett 1

Introduction Life After Fighting is a 2024 martial arts film set in modern-day Australia.  I do tend to select films that are set within a historical context or are based on competitions – tournaments, cage fights, etc. – so this film is a little different from what I usually watch.  [Read More]

Structuring a Successful Martial Arts Curriculum

February 14, 2025 Andries Pruim 0

As an avid follower of martial arts business seminars and courses, I have committed myself to attending as many virtual and in-person events as possible. Upon retiring from my corporate management position, I took a deep dive into the current trends in the martial arts industry. After summarizing numerous seminars [Read More]

Musashi and Bruce Lee Agree

February 12, 2025 Kris Wilder 0

Musashi and Bruce Lee Agree Almost 400 years apart Musashi and Bruce Lee agreed. Miyamoto Musashi was the greatest samurai and sword strategist that ever lived. And he has advice for you. Born in 1584 in Japan, he lived a life of strategy and tactics as well as life and [Read More]

Black Belt: Only The Beginning

February 11, 2025 Kim Hoang 6

There has been a lifelong belief that has been around for years, which to some has been a statement that has been expressed long before a lot of us were born, which is that in the world of martial arts, the black belt is the last rank to achieve and [Read More]

Flowing Like River Water: Dàoist Wisdom for Knee Health

February 3, 2025 Stephen Watson 0

  This article is written to be a companion piece for: https://open.substack.com/pub/shhdragon/p/listening-to-the-knee-forces-flexibility Flowing Like River Water: Dàoist Wisdom for Knee Health   In the Martial Arts, the knee represents far more than a mere mechanical joint – it embodies a meeting point between Earth and Heaven, structure and fluidity, intention [Read More]