What DOES it take to earn your Blackbelt?

As a result of our recent Blackbelt Test – I got to thinking – What DOES it take to earn your blackbelt?  Generations go by, and you have to wonder – what did it take in the past to earn your blackbelt?  What do other schools require? Is there a...

Let’s Not Lose Our Way

As a martial arts instructor, one of the things that “keeps me up at night” is making sure that what and how I am teaching gives my students a real fighting chance in a violent encounter. I have known people in other martial arts that trained for years and...

Hello Kobukai Jujitsu Students and Instructors

I have wanted to do a Kobukai Jujitsu blog for a while.  But I never got to it – and then I was so amazed by the coolness of Trey Whitaker’s blog about our dojo – that I just let it go.  I am not good at revealing thoughts.  I am a pretty bad...

First Post – Summer Classes

Heat stroke – thats what summer class is all about at the Kobukai Dojo.  Its hot. Sweat is pouring off your head – as you body purifies itself.  We wear heavy black traditional Japanes Jujitsu Gi’s.  30 people crowd the class –...