Lifestyle Dec 15, 2019
Kobudō: The path to fighting like a real Japanese warrior
by Jim Allen
For aspiring action actor Alice Iwamoto, the multidisciplined approach of the martial art kobudō brings realism to fighting performances.
More Sports Dec 19, 2018
One Championship raises U.S. profile
by Jason Coskrey
One Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong expects the company's recently-announced deal with U.S. broadcaster Turner Sports will go a long way toward raising the martial arts organization's profile in the U.S. He just doesn't think it stops there. "I think the Turner Sports deal is a major, ...
World / Offbeat Dec 7, 2018
Enter the Bull: Fighters mix kung fu with bullfighting in China
Several times a week, kung fu teacher Ren Ruzhi enters a ring to spar with a bovine opponent around five times his weight and capable of killing him. Ren's mixing of martial arts and bullfighting worries his mother, but the 24-year-old has never been hurt. ...
Books Oct 20, 2018
An insider's guide to surviving the world of Japanese martial arts
by Oscar Boyd
"Japan The Ultimate Samurai Guide," authored by longtime kendo practitioner Alexander Bennett, is part encyclopedia of martial arts — a historical resource tracking the evolution of Japanese martial arts over the last millennium — and part present-day guide to surviving in the world ...
Our Lives | BLACK EYE Aug 19, 2018
Whatever the role, if it's tough, 'Chuck can do it'
by Baye McNeil
Bothered by the acting parts offered to black people in Japan, action man Chuck Johnson started his own production company.
Our Lives | TELLING LIVES May 9, 2018
Swedish life coach channels force of positive thinking
by Kajsa Skarsgard
The soft sound of bodies moving in thick cotton fabric and naked feet stroking the dojo floor is interrupted by loud shouts, causing a man passing by on his bike to turn his head. Through the large windows, he watches the children and adults ...
Books / Reviews Sep 16, 2017
'Bushido and the Art of Living': Lessons from Japan's 'way of the warrior'
by Stephen Mansfield
What we learn by the end of this urbanely written, empirically tested book is that Bushido is not merely a set of strategies for combat but a system of thinking eminently suited to preparing us for life and all its concealed hazards.
Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Sep 16, 2017
'The Book of Five Rings': The text that showed many a Japanophile 'the way'
by Kris Kosaka
Legendary 17th-century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored this book in the last years of his life, expanding his "two heavens as one" double-sword strategies into a complete life philosophy.
Reference | FYI Apr 24, 2017
Prewar bayonetting martial art makes return to schools
by Mizuho Aoki
A little-known Japanese martial art called jukendo came under the spotlight recently after it was stipulated in the revised junior high school curriculum guidelines for the first time as one of nine martial arts schools can choose to teach students. Due to its historical background ...
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Feb 11, 2017
Let kids seize the day, and an opponent
by Danielle Demetriou
It's an all too familiar sight: my two young children, exhausted after a long day at nursery, return home and proceed to jump up and down, bounce off walls and throw toys at each other's heads in a rush of post-containment energy. For a long ...
Our Lives | TELLING LIVES Oct 12, 2016
Godiva chief finds modern business lessons in the ancient art of the bow
by Stephen Mansfield
Arriving in Japan in 1985, Jerome Chouchan wasted little time enrolling in an archery dojo in Tokyo, a first step that has taken him to the elevated title of renshi and the rank of fifth dan.
Our Lives | TELLING LIVES Oct 12, 2016
For Godiva boss, outcome follows form, in business as in archery
by Richard Solomon
In his book titled "Target," Jerome Chouchan shares how the philosophy of Japanese archery increased company performance and made business more enjoyable.