21 Foot Rule - The 21 foot rule states that the average person with a knife or sword can get to and cut a person in about the same time that the average person can draw and fire a handgun. Known as “The Tueller Drill”, it is a self-defense training exercise...

If you have been practicing tai chi (which translates to “supreme ultimate”) or tai chi chuan (which translates to “supreme ultimate fist”) for even a short period of time you have heard the postures or movements in the forms called, “white crane spreads...

Doctors report that 90% of Americans don’t fully engage their diaphragms when breathing. Although the average adult breaths ~ 18,000-30,000x per day, most people breathe in a shallow manner and hold their breath when they are tense, angry, or fearful....

Though only military and paramilitary men and women from the early 20th century traditionally practiced Chinese Military Saber; the tradition of the Chinese Military Saber is now open to men and women from all walks of life around the world through study...

There is something fundamental in owning and using a sword…something historic. For almost all of human existence the sword was a tool, weapon and for some, an extension of something greater than themselves… The TIGER SWORD SCHOOL was founded in its current...

Like the Japanese Sword Arts, the TIGER SWORD SCHOOL and its training in Chinese Military Saber is a living tradition that we are saving and bringing back. If your goal is to become an expert, and why shouldn’t it be, in Chinese Military Saber then you...

Kombucha has been created all over the world for thousands of years. Russian: chaynyy grib (чайный гриб), Chinese: chájūn (茶菌), Korean: beoseotcha (버섯차), Japanese: kōcha-kinoko (紅茶キノコ). Many families in China are reported to have produced kombucha in...

So, can you wear the Red Sash of the TIGER SWORD SCHOOL? In China the colors have strong associations and meanings. And that culture red corresponds with fire, symbolizing both good fortune and joy. So much so do they feel red is a joyous, happy color...

In Chinese martial arts one can often find a tassel or scarf ties to the end of the sword. But why? There are quite a few "theories" as to why tassels/scarves are used on some swords. 1-they are for decoration 2 -they are to confuse an opponent 3 -they...

The Japanese martial arts are full of tradition from the bow in to verbal responses to your teacher. The Chinese martial arts also have important and rich traditions as well. There’s an ancient saying in the martial arts, “The practice begins and ends...