The #1 Way of Sounding Like a Total Amateur in Karate
Sometimes cultures clash in a more physical way than you wish for. Like the other day when I was at the superm...
Discovering The Lost Secret of Matsumura’s Mysterious Bo Staff
BOOM! I woke up with a bang. “OMFG, what’s the time?!” Checking my mobile phone. 5:20. AM. I...
How To Learn Karate in 10 Seconds?
Everything is supposed to go so fast these days. “Modern Kung-Fu Karate: Iron Poison Hand Training, Book...
The Japanese Pizza Problem: Karate’s Tasty Parallel
So yesterday I was at this pizza place, right. Shakey’s, it was called. There is something special to be...
19 Foolproof Ways of Being a Completely Average and Unremarkable Karate-ka
1. Accept everything you’re told at face value. Especially if it comes from somebody with a higher rank ...
3 Remarkable Karate Observations from Okinawa – Here We Go Again
Wassup my ninjas?! As you may, or may not, know I arrived in Okinawa exactly a week ago. A sweaty week, to be ...
Demystifying the Philosophy of “Shu-Ha-Ri”: 2 Awesome Stories
I don’t know about you, but in our dojo we’ve got to write a thesis for some gradings. For example...
Karate Myth Busting: The Secret Truth About Peasants and Karate
Lately I’ve been noticing a pretty interesting phenomenon unfold in the world of MMA. You know how, a couple...
The Karate Code: Official Press Release
Finally. After 18 months of back-breaking research, writing, translating and most of all waiting – The Karat...
7 Reasons Why Your Bunkai (Probably) Sucks
Continuing on the bunkai (practical applications of Karate’s kata) theme from some of the last posts (to...