coming full circle

When a novice starts learning martial arts, he wears a white belt, symbolic of innocence. After months of practice, the white belt gets dirty and turns brown, symbolic of the first degree of attainment. After more practice, the belt gets soiled and eventually turns black, symbolic of full attainment. If the practitioner does not stop […]

The 18 Wooden Warriors (of Lohan Hall)

The Historic 36th chamber and 18 wooden warriors of Lohan Hall in a southern province, Shaolin Temple, is shrouded in some mystery, for they were destroyed in the early 1700′s. In the movie, Kung Fu, with David Carradine the last part of this test was depicted with the 500 pound urn filled with red hot […]

Kung Chew by Art Campbell

Introducing, …Kung Chew, a creation from my mind, a drawing that turned into a full blown character as the kids helped me to create his adventures. In 2007 he was all over our living room in different comic strips and in 2010 he came alive in a blender / computer graphics movie we all took […]

the greatest swordsman

Yagyu Tajima no Kami was a great swordsman and a teacher in the art to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the Shogun during that time. One day, a personal guard of Iemitsu’s visited Yagyu Sensei seeking instruction in the art of swordsmanship. Master Yagyu said: “As I observe, you seem to already be a master of swordsmanship; pray […]

learning to be great…

The Karate Students ~ a story about learning to be great reblogged from … Darren Poke   (Better Life Coaching Blog) Darren’s blog is filled with stories that will enhance your life through lesson tales.   excerpt; his…..  “ personal development blog is written by an experienced Life Coach to equip, encourage and inspire people to take meaningful action […]

limits of the mind

Ekalavya was a little boy, born in a poor family, many many years ago. His people lived a little away from Hastinapura, the capital of the Kuru kings. They used to clean other people’s dirt for a profession. And for this reason they were shunned by society. Ekalavya and other kids of his group knew […]

the tiger, the arrow and the stone

A long time ago there was a young samurai and his fiancé who were deeply in love. One day his fiancé was walking through the forest when she was attacked and seriously mauled by a man-eating tiger! No matter what the young samurai did, nothing could save her… and she died From the depths of […]

the taste of Banzo’s sword

Matajuro Yagyu was the son of a famous swordsman. His father, believing that his son’s work was too mediocre to anticipate mastership, disowned him. So Matajuro went to Mount Futara and there found the famous swordsman Banzo. But Banzo confirmed the father’s judgment. “You wish to learn swordsmanship under my guidance?” asked Banzo. “You cannot […]

the great battle

the great battle…  A martial arts student was working out when he asked his karate instructor, “What fighting style beats all other styles of martial arts.” The Instructor thought a moment then replied, “A long a time ago, a fight broke out between Wind, Water and Fire.” It all started when Wind said to the […]

The Dragon (Bruce Lee)

since it is the year of the Dragon If ever there was a wise man, it was the master of himself, the icon for Martial Arts and an inspiration of wisdom and enlightenment… Bruce Lee … the Dragon! Bruce Lee 1940–1973 This inspiring story is about Bruce Lee, a legendary martial art master. “Bruce had […]