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What’s the most important part of all kinds of sword fighting? Tai Sabaki. Foot movement. A great deal of time in Kendo is spent…

I’m falling into my previous trap of using roman numerals, but I’m hoping to be done with this part before I run out of…

Sword fighting. This means different things to different people. To the Chinese, it means a springy sword with a lot of stabbing action. To…

I’m doing a lot of research lately on Expletives. I thought – like everyone else does – that expletives are curse words. Well, curse…

Every now and then, I see a beginning writer get frustrated when you explain the rules to them of story structure. “I don’t want…

Genre, like theme, brings up bad memories of  often bad English Lit teachers, who managed to take what should have been a good experience…

I have a collection of classic novels on my computer, usually read through as I eat my lunches on the weekend. There’s something about…

Remember those horrible classes where the teacher trained you to reluctantly read a story you didn’t want to read, then write down what the…

I gave a brief synopsis of Okinawan weapons last week in my Writer’s Guide to fight scenes. I thought I’d take a while and…

I have a handy talent – I’ve got an ear for languages. I can speak bits and fragments in quite a few languages, and…