Dan’s blog is titled “The Way of Least Resistance“. This blog comprises philosophical, technical and historical essays relating to the traditional martial arts.
Some of the popular posts are listed below:
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Introduction In my article “ Kime: the soul of the karate punch ” I described the essential feature of the karate punch as being “focus” – i… -
Choson Ninja and the question of “conditioned” knuckles The other day one of my colleagues at the Traditional Fighting Arts Forums alerted… -
Introduction I was going to call to call this article “For goodness sake, don’t do the hippy hippy shake”. But then I realised that this … -
In my view people sometimes get caught up asking the wrong question: ie. a question that contains one or more false assumptions which serve … -
“Southern fist, northern leg” It was at the very beginning of my martial arts “career” that I first heard the expression: “southern fist, … -
In I have previously discussed the origins of the kata known as “naihanchi”, and “tekki” 1 . As most people are aware, there are 3 in the …
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The missing link between practice and application Introduction There is a famous scene in Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon” where the chara… -
Introduction The humble kote gaeshi – wrist out turn throw/projection/lock – is arguably the most ubiquitous small joint technique seen in… -
I have previously discussed how traditional strikes are stopped by the practitioner at a pre-determined point; they do not rely on the targ… -
In my considered view the best guard posture (kamae) for karate is one where you hold one hand in the same position as the lead hand in chud…
Dan’s writing reflects the many hours that he devotes to practising and teaching his beloved karate, taiji (tai chi) and other gong fu (kung fu), grappling and weapons arts at the Bayswater Martial Arts and Yoga Centre in Perth, Western Australia.
