James Williams, Williams Blade Design, joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on episode 342 of The Knife Junkie Podcast. Find show notes and links mentioned in this episode at https://theknifejunkie.com/342.

Williams is the President of Bugei Trading Company, Inc. He has been studying martial arts since 1960 and teaching since 1975. He has trained, competed and taught a number of different martial disciplines: Japanese, Okinawan, Chinese, Filippino as well as the Brazilian system of Jujitsu as taught by Rorion and Royce Gracie.

His love of samurai martial traditions came with his study of the Yanagi ryu of the Yoshida han under Don Angier Sensei and the martial traditions of the Kuroda han as taught by Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei. Williams also teaches Close Quarters Combat to police and military both foreign and domestic. The method used, “The System of Strategy,” is based on those skills developed and cultivated by ancient warriors. 

He is the designer of the “Hissatsu,” a close quarter battle knife that is produced by Columbia River Knife. He also designs and releases blades under his own shingle, Williams Blade Design.

Find Williams Blade Design at https://williamsbladedesign.com and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/williamsbladedesign. Find The System of Strategy at https://www.systemofstrategy.com and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/system_of_strategy.

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