Interview continued from Part 1… _ MA: Were there many cultural barriers to overcome in order to integrate into Okinawa and dojo life? Any communication difficulties? JL: At the time I was in Okinawa, it was still under American administration and many of the locals worked on the bases. Most of them could speak English [...]
Week 1
The first week of training is generally quite an easy one save for the fact that I keep my eating routine the same. Additional exercise is all well and good but combined with a strict diet is too much of a shock to the system.
I’m sure that this is where most people fall down [...]
It’s my pleasure to present an interview with Jim Logue of the Ryu Te style of Okinawa Karate. Logue Sensei is the senior student of Taika Seiyu Oyata and has achieved the rank of 9th Dan in Ryu Te and Oyata’s family art known as Oyata Shin Shu Ho. In 1969 Logue Sensei was stationed [...]
I was doing some web design work today which inevitably led me to peruse a few hundred wordpress and blogger themes. It was actually a treat because I like to see what kind of interesting ideas people are working on. As I browsed I was pleased to encounter a few ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ worthy themes. [...]Speed is undoubtedly a desirable attribute for any martial artist. The ability to move your mass quickly from point A to point B allows you more opportunity for effective and powerful striking. However, if speed were the only needed quality in order to be a skilled martial artist every energetic 20 year old would be [...]
Over the weekend I had a chance to train with Bill Hayes Sensei, and as usual my brain was quickly overheated. I try my best to retain more and more, but it is certainly an ongoing endeavor. One of the things he covered was the idea of training for longevity and realizing how your martial [...]
According to MSNBC, the Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is slated to step down from office. This resignation comes amidst a slew of public dissension over financial scandal and a perceived lack of leadership. Highest amongst the reasons for his stepping down, according to Hatoyama himself, is his inability to fulfill a promise to remove [...]Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know that I recently renovated my interview page. Before I simply used my category page that listed all the relevant posts, but now I’ve created a much more attractive visual element that lets you scan the interviews easily and find what you are looking for. I chose to [...]