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An Event Not To Have Been Missed

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Grandmaster Gary Alexander’s 50th anniversary martial arts tournament, held March 17, 2013, in Somerset, NJ, drew an amazing collection of bona fide “bangers” and masters to the event to show their respect and homage to him. There are rumors that this may have been the last event to be produced by Gary Alexander, but I [...]

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Haiku for Miyamoto Musashi

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Dedicated to the Book of Five Rings one hundred haiku Musashi your voice is mine I am your wisdom In this brief volume I have created a series of haiku in classical 5,7,5 meter to celebrate our most profound father and master, Miyamoto Musashi. The inordinate influence of who many consider to be kensei, the sword [...]

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A Lesson in Women’s Empowerment

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As Anne Davis states in her story from The Lady of the Rings – Musashi’s Book of Five Rings Strategy Interpreted for Women, “Everything I do is based on my understanding that my work is an extension of my true being. The physical manifestation of my “trade” is an extension of me. If I approach [...]

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Enlightenment – a most profound universal experience

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We have all been taught by well-meaning and not so well-meaning people throughout the ages that enlightenment is the true answer for coming to terms with all of the presupposed realities we will ever encounter. In the books we have read, the stories we have heard, and the spiritual suppositions that we accept based on [...]

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Ancient Warrior Strategy for the Modern Woman

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Perhaps the greatest ancient book of strategy ever written was by one of the world’s greatest swordsmen and warriors, Miyamoto Musashi. Born in imperial times of Japan, his work, The Book of Five Rings, is unarguably one of the most revered and studied books of strategy in the modern world. A highly respected warrior in [...]

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Arrogance – Not Presumption

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It is essential that a practitioner of an art, especially a mortal art such as swordsmanship, attain a level of consciousness that will require arrogance, not presumption, to enable the raising of oneself above a previous level of accomplishment that appears impossible to transcend. Why this is a requirement for self-enlightenment becomes apparent when looking [...]

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The Intelligent Use OF Faith

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The concept of faith is generally misunderstood. Usually ascribed to a theological tenet, and in certain circumstances it should be, faith does not necessarily have to be relegated to any limited functionality. If anything is anything, than everything is everything. Faith can be taken in two ways: one is the “faith IN something,” and the [...]

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Intuitive Knowingness

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Intuition is that “thing,” or feeling that sends messages to you, presumably from your inner self, which you should pay attention to, but usually do not because of a fundamental lack of trust in your self—or worse, a hidden desire to fail. The value of intuition is overlooked for the very fact that it is [...]

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Metaphysics in Martial Disciplines

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This is a lengthy article, and I have broken it into two parts so as not to jam up readers, based on the concepts I will be talking about. I receive many questions and comments about my work and what I have accomplished in the martial disciplines for more than five decades. Every so often [...]

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How Does One Develop One’s Own System and Style?

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This is not a confusing issue. It does, however, entail certain ideas and responsibilities that the majority of heads of schools generally do not understand. It does not simply suggest that anyone who thinks they have practiced for a period of time is capable, nor qualified to create their own “style.” After all, what is [...]

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