Origin Posts

There are 3 posts that make up this blog’s origin story. The first is about how a student selects a traditional dojo. The second is about the origin of Japanese empty hand arts. And the third is the unique and highly effective training method they developed.

When The Student Is Ready

This is part 1 of the 3-part origin story for my blog. Links to all three are below: An Unsatisfactory Situation “Darn it.” Elliott thought. “Could this day get any worse?” Elliott was out shopping for a martial arts club and just stepped out of his second dojo of the day. Elliott lives in a

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The Way of Shaolin

This is part 2 of the 3-part origin story for my blog. Links to all three are below: The Way of Shaolin It was just before 8:00pm. on a Tuesday night, and the adult class at Sensei Mike’s dojo was about to begin. Elliott was on the floor wearing a new white beginner dogi (training

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