The Sword Becomes The Heart It is said that "the sword becomes the heart", which means, the sword reflects the bearer's heart, soul and...

It has been a while since I wrote anything here, but something happened and I want to share it. One of my sons had a math test at school...

Why am I doing what I am doing? I still have not figured out why... It is nearly a year since this website has gone live. In the...

Life has many built in safety features to ensure successful survival of a species. Take the simplest eye-blinking when objects move...

Today, I would like to share my thoughts on a seemingly simple question, yet the answer is never simple. On more than a few occasion, I...

All things Japanese can be very Zen. Japanese martial arts including Iaido are also very heavily influenced by Zen philosophy. While the...

The famous Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵) wrote the Dokkodo (独行道) and passed it on to his students shortly before his death in 1645 at the age...

If you have seen samurai movies or any kind of movies involving fighting, you might have at some point wondered why do the baddies attack...

The first technique, Ipponnme, is the most important technique in any style of Iaido. Whether you are a beginner going for your very...

If there was one thing I wish I had done, that would be doing all those things I wish I had done! What is your new year resolution?