By Master Mike Branch I read a little story one day, whether referring to horsemanship or Karate, I do not recall. Where and how I heard it, however, is irrelevant because I have found the philosophy of the two is interchangeable. The story went something like this:...
By Master Mike Branch The older I get, the ease of mobility I once enjoyed seems harder to come by. Don’t laugh, because it’s probably true for you as well. If not, you just aren’t old enough yet. I have trained horses for a number of years now. Plus, for many years I...
By Master Mike Branch There seems to be some debate these days about what people are calling “competition kata” (or tournament kata) versus what, really, I don’t know. I can only assume they mean: “dojo kata” or basically the way kata is run at home or in the dojo....