Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ December 9, 2015 I have been in Japan for the past 10 days or so. During that time I have spent… Read More
You don’t know what you think you know
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What is balance?
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Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ December 28, 2015 We hear a lot about balance. Doctors talk about “homeostasis,” a state of optimal, functional balance in the… Read More
A true budoka
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Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ November 30, 2015 One of my jodo students, an older gentleman who previously did “hard” martial arts (i.e. karate or jujutsu,… Read More
Structural considerations
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Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ October 14, 2015 Back in August, several of us decided to beat the NYC heat and travel up north and… Read More
Sword Women
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Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ October 6, 2015 One of the unfortunate aspects of budo culture in the United States is the persistent assumption that studying… Read More
Renshuu vs. Keiko
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Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D. ◆ September 12, 2015 Many years ago, I trained at a small, basement dojo in downtown Tokyo. One evening during a very… Read More
