The TBA Newsletter
is a periodical that we distribute to TBA members. The interviews
and articles listed below on this page are generally taken from the archives
of the TBA Newsletter.
We got the idea for the TBA Newsletter
in about 1990 after looking at some magazines from Japan that Yori Nakamura
brought by the Inosanto Academy. The Japanese martial arts press
treats the martial arts with a lot of respect and gives ample space for
details & analysis. This is in contrast to the big American
martial arts magazines which seem to use intra and inter-art controversy
as a primary marketing strategy. The TBA Newsletter, along
with the excellent but short-lived FreeVoice, were conceived as
alternatives to the mainstream American martial arts press that would
promote the martial arts with the following goals:
- To maintain a high degree of respect for
the spirit of the martial arts and the leaders thereof
- To provide recognition for the achievements
of fighters, teachers and students
- To avoid needless controversies that just
drives people apart
The online version gives you a taste of
what you'll receive if you sign up as a member in the TBA. Many
thanks go to people like Dave Rogers and Dean Lessi for their dedication
and hard work in publishing the TBA
Newsletter. Pam Peterson is responsible for the great website for the TBA
Newsletter.
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