Zen and the Martial Arts
This blog introduces readers to the Zen roots of Japanese empty hand martial arts.
Our goal is to help you elevate your Karate practice, through the principles of Shaolin martial arts, by unifying training the Body, Mind, and Spirit into a single, highly effective practice.
Our Origin Story in 3 Parts
For over 1,000 years, the Shaolin Temple was the preeminent martial arts school in Asia. As a Zen temple, their goal was to perfect training the Mind. Their unique approach was to train the Body and Spirit as pathways to help perfect training the Mind.
In this blog’s origin story a teenager, who needs to defend himself, finds a unique dojo that trains to protect all life by learning how to Not Fight. Their approach is to use the combined power of Mind, Body and Spirit training to subdue rather than to harm.
