To the Reader
Speed is a lie. Everything you think you know about being fast is wrong. If you cannot let go of your obsession with speed, stop reading now. You are not ready.
The Teaching
One visit, Mitose asked me to hit him. Real hard.
At the prison, there was a guard there who knew who I was....
To the Reader
Most of you reading this have spent years learning how to hit. You have practiced strikes, blocks, throws. You have conditioned your body. You have trained your reflexes.
I am going to tell you that the highest level of what you do requires none of it.
Sit with that before you conti...
To the Reader
What I am about to share may disturb you.It may challenge everything you think you know about mastery, perfection, and what it means to be a martial artist.
Good.
If you are not disturbed, you are not paying attention.
The Teaching
There is a saying in Zen Buddhism:
“If you meet th...
The Teacher That Wasn't Dead
To the reader: What I am about to share with you is more than history. It is the beginning of a journey that changed everything I thought I knew about the martial arts. I ask that you read this not just with your eyes, but with your heart. Feel what I am telling you....
TO THE READER
I would like to share my thoughts pertaining to what you are about to receive in the weeks and months ahead.
Much has been said over the years about James Mitose. About the history of Kempo. About what occurred during the period from 1977 to 1981.
Much of it is wrong. Some of it ...
