Kosho Chronicles: History, Legacy and Principles of Kosho Ryu Kempo

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Kosho Reflections Issue #4: In Weakness There Is Strength

To the Reader You have been taught to be strong. To overcome. To dominate. What if that teaching is incomplete? The Teaching In weakness there is strength. In strength there is weakness. This is not wordplay. This is natural law. You cannot have hard without soft. You cannot have soft without har...

Apr 06, 2026 balance bruce juchnik kempo kosho ryu kyo jitsu martial arts philosophy natural law strength throwing arts weakness yin yang

Kosho Reflections Issue #3: The Student is a Better Teacher Than The Teacher

To the Reader If you teach, this will challenge you. If you study under someone, this may confuse you. Either way, pay attention. What follows strikes at something most martial artists protect without realizing it. The Teaching The student is a better teacher than the teacher. This is not a contr...

Mar 01, 2026 bruce juchnik conflict resolution james mitose kempo kosho ryu martial arts philosophy preparatory arts self-defense

5 - Many Nations, One Truth

Kosho Chronicles Issue #5 To the Reader I told you the manuscript was a riddle. That Mitose wrote it using religion and politics to hide the martial arts. That he said it was his duty to teach me everything in that book. This issue begins the teaching. The first thing Mitose explained to me from ...

Feb 21, 2026 bruce juchnik james mitose kinkaizan kosho ryu martial arts philosophy natural law similarities

The Riddle

Kosho Chronicles Issue #4 To the Reader Last issue I told you about timing. About how Mitose moved slow but moved on time. About how he dropped me to my knees and called me stupid. This issue is about something that confused me even more. Something that took me years to understand. Something I ...

Feb 13, 2026 bruce juchnik james mitose kosho ryu martial arts philosophy what is true self defense

Kosho Reflections Issue #2: There Is No Body Contact

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...

Feb 02, 2026 bruce juchnik conflict resolution james mitose kempo kosho ryu martial arts philosophy preparatory arts self-defense

Kosho Reflections Issue #1: Kill the Buddha

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...

Jan 17, 2026 bruce juchnik ego kempo kill the buddha kosho ryu martial arts philosophy martial arts training self-improvement zen buddhism

KOSHO CHRONICLES: TO THE READER

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 ...

Dec 30, 2025 bruce juchnik hanshi james mitose kempo kosho ryu martial arts history martial arts philosophy

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