Sōke: Founder or Successor?
What happens when a position of succession becomes a title of status? Every so often I come across a martial
Martial Arts Culture
What Is Tradition in the Martial Arts?
What we inherit matters, but that does not mean it should remain unchanged. What is tradition, or traditional, in the
When Martial Artists Forget Their Own Lessons
Respect, ego, and the gap between what martial arts claim to teach and how martial artists sometimes behave. It is
