Wade’s guest today really resonates with the idea of how distilled lessons in the martial arts correspond with personal and professional lives. Pete St. Pierre is the Senior Product Manager for the Internet of Things (IoT) Services Portfolio at...

Journeys to various martial arts seminars, clinics and camps are opportunities of great learning.  Some we attend because they are familiar, some because they are near, and some because of convenience.  For many of you out there in AJJF land, this...

  Professor Hillary Kaplowitz is Sensei of Pacific JuJitsu Kai and has been teaching for the City of Santa Monica since 2000. Hillary began her training in 1977 in the youth program at the Santa Monica YMCA under Sensei Jim Nieto, where she also...

To the rank of Shodan: David Manning, a student of Professor Bob Hodgkin from Shin Budo Kai   submitted by: Dominic Beltrami Chair, AJJF Examinations Committee Back to Kiai Echo March 2018 – February...

I was nearly a black belt by the time I had heard of this list. Because my sensei was not teaching juniors, it should have come as no surprise. Many dojo teach an abbreviated version of regular nage, simply leaving out balance arts or overly...

  Howard Wilson sits down at the 2018 AJJF National Convention to talk about his life from the Marine Corps to Judo to crossing Michigan Ave in his hometown in Chicago Illinois. Howard can be reached at hwil1775@gmail.com To help fund his...

So…you decide to take up the study of some form of self-protection. The question then becomes, “Does what I am learning make sense for its intended purpose?” If you learn Danzan-Ryu Jujutsu (檀山流柔術), you will probably first learn how to properly and...

Kata Manual The BOP has been focusing on the History and Shinyo no Maki sections of the kata manual. Members of the BOP are working on final comments to these documents. Healing Arts Classes A new policy on how healing arts classes may be counted...