A simple dare was all it took for Wayne Nelson, the head instructor aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s traditional jujitsu class, to start his journey down the road of being a martial artist. “I ...

In my previous article, I looked at the origins of Jujitsu in Samurai warfare and its evolution until Commodore Matthew Perry and his small fleet of steamships entered Tokyo Bay. July 8th, 1853 is a ...

Our story begins in the ninth century, on a small collection of island nations that would become known as Japan. It was not Japan as we think of it today, as at this time the island was dotted with ...