How to Never Lose Motivation for Training Karate I once read this interesting quote: “There is no such thing as “motivation”. There is only l...
Exclusive Interview: Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson – What Karate Can Learn from MMA You are training MMA. Yup! If you do Karate, you’re an original Mixed Martial Artist. You see, Karate w...
How to Tell If Your Sensei Is Good “Eureka!”, “Eureka!” The legendary shouts of Archimedes echoed throughout the streets ...
The Meaning of “OSS” / “OSU” (+ When You Should NEVER Say It) Imagine… If there was a magical word that could be used for nearly anything. Wouldn’t that be AWE...
Exclusive Interview: Rika Usami – The Undisputed Queen of Karate Kata Imagine this sound: 12’000 people giving somebody a 5-minute-long standing ovation. Now, imagine this ...
How to Save Karate From It’s Dark Future (Before It’s Too Late) Yesterday my friend told me his dojo has grown 200% in the past week. Turns out, they got one new member. Ouch...
Exclusive Interview: Cezar Borkowski – Canada’s Progressive Karate Pioneer You can’t deny it: There’s something magical in seeing how other people interpret the way of Karat...
The Practical Guide to Training Karate in Okinawa (Karate’s Birthplace) Okinawa… This “mythical” island southwest of Japan, where Karate was born. Wouldn’t it...
Kiken, Kitsui & Kitanai: The 3 K’s of Old-School Traditional Karate Do you know what a koan is? No? A koan is a story, dialogue, question or statement which is used in Zen-practi...
Exclusive Interview: Master Ken – The Mastermind of “Enter the Dojo” Karate Comedy Karate is a pretty serious martial art. We crack bones, punch mouths and kick groins. But sometimes you just g...
“Ken Zen Ichi Nyo”: The True Measure of a Black Belt Are you a human being? If so, I congratulate you! Because in today’s world, most of us are human doings ...