Posts from May 4, 2026

Yushikan Blog

The Open Gate

March 19, 2026 by C. Michial Jones In the world of traditional martial arts, there is often[…]

The Ghost in the Blue Gi: A Traditionalist’s Aesthetic Struggle

February 18, 2026 by C. Michial Jones In 1977, the rules of the Komakai were clear: you[…]

The Unbroken Circle: Forty-Nine Years of the Way

February 16, 2026 by C. Michial Jones In the quiet moments between training sessions and the quarterly[…]

The Persistent Path: A Reflection on 2025

December 31, 2025 by C. Michial Jones As I look back at the year 2025, the primary[…]

The Review Board: Lineage, Evolution, and the Shore-Goju Extravaganza

Sunday, December 14, 2025 by C. Michial Jones On December 13th, I traveled to the annual Shorei-Goju-Ryu[…]

The Art of Restraint: Taiho-jutsu and the Legacy of the “Arresting Hand”

Saturday, December 06, 2025 by C. Michial Jones On December 5th, I traveled to Legacy Martial Arts[…]

The Unified Theory of Combat: A Half-Century on the Mat

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 by C. Michial Jones Since I first stepped onto the mat in 1977,[…]

The Weight of the Seal: Standards, Quality, and the Lebanon Visit

Thursday, November 06. 2025 by C. Michial Jones On November 5th, the physical toll of my ongoing[…]

The Appointment of the Guard

Tuesday, September 02, 2025 by C. Michial Jones While the PKC International Karate Championships were a weekend[…]

Reclaiming the Mat: The 2026 PKC Internationals

Monday, September 1, 2025 Labor Day weekend is often seen as a time of rest, but for[…]

Reflections on the 2026 Gasshuku: A Legacy of Friendship and Training

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 by C. Michial Jones The 2026 Gasshuku has come to a close, and[…]

The Purple Belt and the Fire: Training Through the Depletion

Friday, November 14, 2025 by C. Michial Jones In the year following my radical surgery, I lived[…]

The Search for Structure

Friday, May 30, 2025 by C. Michial Jones In the wake of my recovery in late 2024,[…]

The Watchful Eye: Resilience in the Quiet Phase

Friday, November 01, 2024 by C. Michial Jones A few weeks before my surgery, I was awarded[…]

The Lone Chair: Facing the Monster on the Mat

Friday, August 02, 2024 by C. Michial Jones There is a point where “resolve” is no longer[…]

The Immovable Center: Training Through the Storm

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 by C. Michial Jones In the martial arts, we often talk about “peak[…]

Resolve and Refinement: The Path of “Old Man Jiujitsu”

Friday, February 23, 2024 by C. Michial Jones Throughout 2023 and into 2024, Bryce Leming and I[…]

The Second Wind: Resilience, Recovery, and the “Baptism by Fire”

Friday, January 06, 2023 For two years, my journey into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu felt like a slow crawl.[…]

The White Belt Mindset: My Journey into BJJ

Saturday, May 02, 2020 by C. Michial Jones In the spring of 2006, while attending the Police[…]