Author: Devon Boorman

This is not an article about not giving help, it’s simply about being effective and constructive with the help you offer. If you truly want to help …

The key to being able to catch a ball—or to parry a sword blow, or strike a moving target—is giving your brain enough exposure to the problem in i…

It takes practice to meet challenges, recover from failures, and take stock in growth. I think one of the most valuable things that martial arts, and …

Over the month of January Academie Duello and Duello.TV hosted a 30-day swordplay training challenge. Along with weekly groups of practical exercises …

In the path of mastery I see tournaments as a tool to help challenge, inspire, and expand one's practice. They're not for everyone, and they're a poor…

Cultivating the competitive spirit is often used to drive one to harder training and to overcoming one's opponents in a game or tournament. Yet, if it…

I am often asked why people practice martial arts or why I practice swordplay specifically – considering it’s unlikely that I’ll be in a life-an…

Our capacity to stay on the long road to mastery and move through its various stages is highly connected to our relationship with ignorance. There is…

Martial arts done well can improve your strength, endurance, and physical comfort. But done poorly, they can have the exact opposite effect, leading t…