Mitsuhashi Kanichiro on Musashi

Mitsuhashi Kanichiro was a kendo master of the early 20th century. Pulling again from Kenji Tokitsu’s book on Miyamoto Musashi,…

Institute of Medicine Report: Free Pass for Me

The Institute of Medicine released a 478-page study that claims rising obesity levels are not due to personal behavior. Instead,…

The NYT article by Gretchen Reynolds about the importance of walking as a key tool for health is misleading. While any…

We had a solid class again. My challenges are to engage in more direct and effective strikes (Musashi in his…

Three weeks ago I removed refined sugar from my diet, meaning no refined sugars, no pastries, doughnuts, Nutella, gummi bears,…

I train with NW Kendo (check out our practice video – we have a new one every week…or so). The…

The weather is beautiful today but for some reason I am thinking about one of my favorite clips of Gene…

So the Dear Leader has passed away, leaving his chubby-cheeked son to take on the mantle of kingship for his…

World of Warcraft is one of the most popular MMO’s ever. With over 11,000,000 players as of 2010 its membership…

I wanted to make this little blog more mondo and less, well, “me.” Of course, all blogs are basically “me-oriented” so…