Boxing: The New CrossFit

Boxing Is Becoming the New CrossFit Walk into almost any city gym now and you’ll see it: the thump of … More

Exercise as Religious Practice

Action without meaning produces limited results. If you’re lucky you can hit a target with enough attempts but at a … More

Mark Twight is a legend in the climbing world, essentially the punk-rock climber who invented high-speed ascents back in the … More

Actually been practicing boxing for almost two years now. During the lockdown I lost my connection to kendo and when … More

The noise around us is constant and unappetizing. It fills our heads with volume but also an absurd nothingness. The … More

If we’re lucky we have 8 to 9 decades of life. Yet, life seems short to us and even people … More

Miyamoto Musashi opened his last testament (later titled the Book of Five Rings or Gorin No Sho) by saying that he raised … More

Tsuba (Japanese sword guard) with a man and a monkey in the tradition of Japanese “monkey dancing.” Sarumawashi, literally “monkey … More

“The man weary in spirit cannot withstand fate, nor may the troubled mind offer help.” – The Wanderer, Anglo-Saxon poem.