Max Holton

Max Holton, a New England native, is a practicing martial artist in the Kosho Hoho Yooga Kempo tradition as well as an international freelance writer specializing in martial arts, healing arts, and esoteric energy.

Martial Arts; Traditional, Modern, Pagan. Oh My!

We have all watched our share of action movies with advanced martial arts choreography in them.  But what do you really know about martial arts? According to Simmons Market Research and a recent study done in the United States it is estimated that 18.1 million Americans participated in karate or some other form of martial […]

Martial Arts Coming Out of the Broom Closet

The martial arts are often misunderstood by John Q. Public. Terms like karate, jujutsu, tae kwon do, ninja, and kung fu are used, but seldom understood to their fullest. Often seen as a sport or an evening fitness class, like aerobics or spinning, the rich history and deep philosophy of martial arts have been lost […]

Out of Martial Arts Yoga Emerged: Shugendo Yoga- an American Yoga

When one thinks of “yoga system” what comes to mind? For many here in the west it is a healthy lifestyle of eating right, classes of stretching, possibly intertwined with Hindu spirituality and having a guru. But truly yoga is more. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit and often is interpreted to mean “to […]