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Articles on Training

YEAR TITLE AUTHOR
1997 Manaka Sensei’s 1997 Seminar in Dayton (1997) Kikue Kato
1997 Waking Up Your Training (11-1997) Shawn Havens
1998 Taking Your Training Outside the Dojo (12-1998) Sukh Sandhu
1999 Like Clouds and Water (10-1999) Manaka “Unsui”  Sensei
2000 A Note From Unsui Sensei (03-2000) Manaka “Unsui”  Sensei
2001 My Time in the Woods (01-2001) Andy Lien
2001 A Reintroduction to Your Own Body (07-2001) Crystal Sierra
2001 Observation and Clarity in Training (08-2001) Paul Baker
2001 A View From The Outside (12-2001) Sukh Sandhu
2001 The Switch (12-2001) Aman Brar
2002 Perceptions of Safety (03-2002) Sam Foster
2002 Sensei’s Budo (08-2002) Jaye Sandhu
2002 Training Becoming A Part of My Life (06-2002) Chuck VanDine
2002 The Beating of My Life (11-2002) Chuck VanDine
2002 The Jinenkan In My Life (11-2002) Chris Strack
2003 Frame Work For Life (03-2003) Chris Boozell
2003 Hakama (09-2003) Sam Foster
2004 Spiritual Strength Through Training (06-2004) Sukh Sandhu
2004 Choices (11-2004) Marshall Norman
2005 Conditioning The Mind (02-2005) Tetsuo Kaieda
2005 Observing The Moment (02-2005) John Chrisman
2005 Reflections on Training (04-2005) Steaven Meyer
2005 Building Castles on the Sand (05-2005) James Sutton
2006 Boxing (05-2006) Patrick Pitts
2006 Success of Failure (05-2006) Adam Kankey
2006 A Series of Decisions… (07-2006) Adam Kankey
2006 A Good Day to Die (12-2006) Jim Nielson
2007 Important Things When Training (03-2007) Brian LaMaster
2007 Reason For My Resgination (10-2007) Sukh Sandhu
2008 AFROTC “Leadership” (04-29-08) Sukh Sandhu
2008 Reflection of AFROTC Training Event (05-30-08) Mike Kinsey
2008 Surrender (07-19-08) Jaye Sandhu
2008 “What You Put In…” (08-03-08) Aman Brar
2008 “The Choice Of Perserverence” (08-14-08) John Chrisman
2008 “A Few Thoughts” (08-14-08) WS Bumgarner
2008 “Shooting Schools” (08-19-08) John Farnam
2009 “If You Only Have A Hammerhooting” (02-3-09) Mike Kinsey
2009 “Taking Certain Things For Granted In Training ” (06-26-09) WS Bumgarner
2009 “Getting Rid Of An Old Crutch” (09-18-09) Preston Gardom
2010 “Zanshin” (01-10) Mike Marziale
2010 “My Perception of The FIRST Kokomo Gi-Yu Workshop” (02-10) Jim Nielson
2010 “Our First Budo Workshop” (03-10) Roy Smith
2010 “Training As An Older Student” (05-10) Todd Engelman
2010 “Reflections” (05-10) Preston Gardom
2010 “A Real Experience” (07-10) Dan Levorchick
2010 “Giyu Dojo Annual Seminar” (07-10) David Levorchick
2010 “My Impressions” (07-10) Mike Marziale
2010 “Budo – A Poem” (07-10) Joe Motos Gordon
2010 “Compassion and Refining” (07-10) Jim Nielson
2010 “Giyu Dojo Experience” (07-10) Luke Lindeman
2010 “My First Experience” (08-10) Jake Lund
2011 “Bojutsu” (08-11) Mike Marziale
2011 “Bojutsu Perspectives” (08-11) Todd Engelman
2012 “Training: Changing Your Vision” (04-12) Dan Levorchick
2012 “Let The Blade Do The Cutting” (07-12) Doug Sunnenberg
2012 “Being Bamboo: Finding Relaxed Strength” (07-12) Bernie Gourley
2012 “Traditional versus Modern Martial Arts” (07-12) Sukh Sandhu
2012 “Go Dan” (07-12) Aman Brar
2012 “Community” (08-12) Aman Brar
2013 “Shu Ha Ri” (01-13) WS Bumgarner
2013 “My Week at the Muay Thai Institute” Bernie Gourley
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2013 “Reflections” (06-13) Adam Ciarlariello
2013 “Lessons Learned From Testing” (07-13) Bernie Gourley
2013 “Brethren not Brothers” (07-13) Brittney Mooney
2013 “The NEW Atlanta Gi Yu Dojo” (07-13) WS Bumgarner
2013 “My Training Experience – Message” (12-13) Carsten Neumann
2014 “Communities” (03/14) Keith Fuller
2014 “Testing Observations” (04/14) Todd Engelman
2014 “Ideas From the Past to Serve the Present” (04/14) Sukh Sandhu
2014 “Seeking Samurai” (04/14) Sukh Sandhu
2014 “Ci-reds – Cooperation” (06/14) Sukh Sandhu
2014 “7th Annual Seminar Reflections” (06/14) Matt Wooton
2014 “Ni Kyu and Ichi Kyu Reflections” (06/14) Adam Ciarlariello
2014 “Two Key Elements For Training in Budo” (07/14) Chuck VanDine
2014 “Reflections On Seminars” (07/14) Aman Brar
2014 “Seminar 2014” (07/14) WS Bumgarner
2015 “Desires, Dreams, and Wants The Sukh Sandhu Story” (03/15) Sukh Sandhu
2015 “The Life History of Sukhdev Sandhu” (03/15) Rachel Sheidler
2015 “Kukishin Ryu Jojutsu Reflection” (06/15) Matt Wooton
2015 “A Black Belt from the Gi Yu Dojo” (07/15) Brittney Mooney
2015 “Reds Rookie Times”
2015 “An Interview with Sensei Sukh S. Sandhu” (07/15) Todd Engelman
2015 “Always Learning” (08/15) Will Grilliot
2015 “Reflections of Shodan” (09/15) Adam Ciarlariello
2015 “Therapy” (10/15) Phil Kelley
2015 “Thoughts Regarding The Basic Combat Handgun Training & Budo ” (11/15) Doug Sunnenberg
2015 “Thoughts on Tameshigiri (11/15) Matt Wooton
2016 “A Soft Spot To Land (1/16)                     WS Bumgarner
2016 “Cleaning Time (3/16) Chuck VanDine
2016 “Urban Jungle (3/16) WS Bumgarner
2016 “My San Kyu Exam” (6/16) Mary Ellen Smith
2016 “Shodan..Pass or Fail..One of the Best Lessons I Have Ever Had” (6/16) Andreas Syllaba
2016 “9th Annual Seminar Reflections” (6/16) Sukh Sandhu
2016 “My First Experience with the San Kyu Exam ” (7/16) Jeremy Smith
2016 “My First GiYu Honbu Visit” (7/16) Bryan Chunasamy
2016 “Ichi Kyu and the Mind, Body, Spirit” (7/16) Chris Zapata
2016 “Ichi Kyu Reflections” (7/16) Will Grilliot
2016 “Where the head goes, the body must follow” (7/16) Brittney Mooney
2016 “The Path” (7/16) WS Bumgarner
2016 “Thoughts About the 9th Annual GiYu Dojo Seminar” (8/16) Chuck VanDine
2016 “Another Look at Zanshin” (8/16) Laura Benton
2016 “A Life of Balance” (9/16) James Sutton
2016 “Everyday Carry” (10/16) Matt Wooton
2016 “Awareness” (12/16) Aman Brar
2017 “Happy New Year 2017” Sukh Sandhu
2017 “Focus and Intent (02/17)” Chris Zapata
2017 “Unforgettable Week (06/17)” Kikue Kato
2017 “10th Annual Gi Yu Kyo Kai Seminar (06/17)” Sukh Sandhu
2017 “The Shodan Test Challenge Experience (06/17)” Andreas Syllaba
2017 “Shodan Testing & The 2017 Seminar (06/17)” Will Grilliot
2017 “My Thoughts of the 2017 Gi Yu Seminar (06/17)” Chris Zapata
2017 “Stay Ignited, Stay Frosty (06/17)” Brittney Mooney
2017 “Thoughts on my First Seminar and Rank Test (06/17)” Mike Elrod
2017 “10 Years, My reflections of my past, present, and future (07/17)” WS Bumgarner
2017 “Guilt vs Duty (10/17)” Sukh Sandhu
2017 “Are you a Titan (10/17)” Will Grilliot
2017 “My First Atlanta Workshop (11/17)” Mary Ellen Smith
2017 “Dai Ko Myo Sai 2017 (12/17)” Sukh Sandhu
2018 “2017, another year passes, a lifetime of knowledge, a bight future (1/18)” Chuck VanDine
2018 “2018 Gi Yu Kyo Kai Annual Seminar Recap (6/18)” Sukh Sandhu
2018 “Annual Seminar 2018 (6/18)” WS Bumgarner
2018 “My Ichi Kyu Brown Belt Test at The Gi Yu Kyo Kai Dojos (6/18)” Mary Ellen Smith
2018 “The Gi Yu Dojo Seminar Reflections 2018 (7/18)” Adam Ciarlariello
2018 “How to Stand Well (7/18)” Jaye Sandhu
2018 “Letting Go! (7/18)” Scott Steele
2018 “Loyalty (7/18)” Sukh Sandhu
2018 ““Opportunity, Friendship, Growth and Reflection” (11/18)” Bryan Strait
2019 “2019 Commitments (1/19)” Andreas Syllaba
2019 “The Crucible (1/19)” Andreas Syllaba
2019 “Escape (2/19)” Andreas Syllaba
2019 “2019 Gi Yu Kyo Kai Annual Seminar (6/19)” Sukh Sandhu
2019 “2019 Budo in the Gi Yu Kyo Kai (7/19)” WS Bumgarner
2019 “My Shodan Test (7/19)” Mary Ellen Smith
2019 “Test Challenge Experiences (7/19)” Andreas Syllaba
2019 “Annual Summar Seminar Gi Yu Kyo Kai (7/19)” Andreas Syllaba
2019 “Reflections on the 2019 Gi Yu Kyo Kai Annual Seminar (7/19)” Chuck VanDine