First let me tell you a little about the way we do demonstrations. The biggest difference between us and other martial arts or fighting demonstrations is that ours are not choreographed. We don’t even have an outline for how we...
A while ago on the women’s self defense blog Melissa noted that she moves naturally using tai jutsu when carrying her baby.
It reminded me of a warrior camp many years ago when Devon fell asleep on friday night. We were at the...
I don’t like demonstrations for a myriad of reasons. Now I love to train and play and teach – well really just share what I have come to understand at this point which will change in 15 minutes or 15 years or both as long as I...
First let me tell you a little about the way we do demonstrations. The biggest difference between us and other martial arts or fighting demonstrations is that ours are not choreographed. We don’t even...
A while ago on the women’s self defense blog Melissa noted that she moves naturally using tai jutsu when carrying her baby.
It reminded me of a warrior camp many years ago when Devon fell asleep on...
I don’t like demonstrations for a myriad of reasons. Now I love to train and play and teach – well really just share what I have come to understand at this point which will change in 15 minutes or...
We had the great privilege of hosting the first Nine Cuts Nine Powers Seminar of this year with Mr. and Mrs Hayes. It was a great weekend of training with incredible teachers, students and an amazing...
A post by Danielle prompted a response that I figured might as well be a blog post considering the importance of the subject and my rambling nature. Her post was about being an uke and helping your partner...
I arrived at the Dojo one evening with nothing more in my mind than leaving everything else behind to train and maybe help teach. All going well until Fitz shows up with a camera, a side kick and...
I began to coach classes when I was fifteen. I had been training for about two and a half years at this point and had taken many, many classes. How hard could it be? I was ready!
I showed up to help out for...
Greetings from Shinobi West.
Last night the rain cleared long enough for us to get in some good training. My legs were still a little sore from the marathon but nothing helps get rid of the lactic acid in...
When I was fifteen and I had gotten my 2nd Degree Green Belt (Ooooooo!) my teacher asked if I’d like to become an assistant instructor at the school. I could help out with classes and get paid! This...
Greetings all from Shinobi West. Last Night we were working on some fun concepts. Here is the concept we were exploring.
You punch and find that you missed your mark or they moved out of the way. You are...
Three years ago today my dad Wendell Brazee passed away after a brief but courageous fight with cancer. He was a great man and wonderful inspiration for what I do today. He never did martial arts but was very...
Not a lot. Oh I did plenty of moves, got more flexible and kind of fast. I memorized lots and lots of things. The heavy bag feared my flying sidekick of doom and no half-inch pine board was safe from my fists...