Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ August 2, 2016 Last week, I watched a student perform a finishing movement to a sword kata wherein he seemed to… Read More
Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ June 9, 2016 Last week during the swordsmanship class, I had students take part in a critique of each others’ kata. … Read More
Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ May 24, 2016 We practice jodo (stick fighting) as a workshop. I have permission from my instructors in Japan to teach… Read More
Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ May 9, 2016 It’s an old argument: kata vs. technique. Bruce Lee, action star, philosophy major and founder of the martial… Read More