Warrior Zen and Philosophy

Although a rarity today, the world once abounded with warrior cultures.  As both a practitioner of martial arts and zen, I have found great comfort and wisdom in the traditions of the Warrior philosophers of both China and Japan.  The man to the left is the epitome of Warrior Zen.  His name was Yamaoka Tesshu, a samurai from the 19th century in Japan during the Meiji Restoration Period.  He developed his own method of Japanese fencing (Kendo) called "no-sword" where the practitioner realizes that they are their own selves, and not limited by the stylistic patterns of any set system.  This is truly in honor of what Jeet Kune Do represents to the martial arts world.

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