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Art of the Sword

What makes a great Swordsman? Who can answer? Is it his Sword that makes him great? Or is it his speed or quickness used in drawing and cutting through the air? Read more.

By Sifu/Guro Jon Rister.

Beyond the System

To look only at the system is to look at only one paragraph in the book. There is more to be discovered about a style after its completion than there is during the training process.. Read more.

By Sifu/Guro Jon Rister.

Kali Double Stick Training - Is It Necessary?

Over the years I've heard many comments that double stick training is obsolete. "You'll never be carrying two sticks when someone attacks you, and you'll never be attacked by someone with two sticks, so why bother", I've been told.. Read more.

By Sifu/Guro Jon Rister.

Wu Hsin Kuen - No Thought Fighting

Many martial arts use Bruce Lee's name to promote themselves. However, not that many are really following his footsteps and philosophy under an unbroken lineage of certified instructors. This article brings forth some of the work sifu Jon Rister, the founder of Wu Hsin Kuen Academy of Martial Arts, has done over the decades of his martial arts career. Going through past and present, differences and similarities, we hope to explain what Wu Hsin Kuen is all about with sifu Rister's own words. Read more.

Based on an interview with sifu Rister in 2004.