What You Need To Know About Making Karate Look Easy The other week I was teaching a self-defense (= Karate) technique, where you slip under your opponents attempt...
“Iron and The Soul” – by Henry Rollins So, it’s been almost 17 years since Henry Rollins first got his famous essay Iron and The Soul published (i...
The Meaning of Onegaishimasu Today, when I walked to the dojo, something remarkable happened. You see, when I cross the road at pedestrian ...
How To Practice Karate Alone Here’s a question I get a lot: “Dear Jesse-san, Training Karate alone is very hard for me. I know ...
When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong – Ground Fighting in Karate I remember being at this great seminar once, covering all kinds of nifty kata application principles, when, su...
Ryuei-ryu History & Ramblings: Kata Anan This weekend I’m going to do a seminar on the kata Anan, and when I give seminars I always do a theory s...
“Karate-do Sanka” by Nagamine Shoshin Written by the late founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate, Nagamine Shoshin, the Karate-do Sanka (lit. emp...
The Great Escape – 5 Steps to Fleeing a McDojo Two weeks ago I received an e-mail that sent shivers down my spine. Read it yourself (slightly edited): Hey Je...
Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons (pt. 2) This is part 2 of ‘Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons’. If you haven’t read part on...
Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons (pt. 1) I think I was 15 years old when first I sparred against this evil Russian Ju-jutsu expert. He was smaller than...
Sport Karate: “Meimoku no Bugei” Okay, so yesterday I was at this competition, right. I’m standing there, waiting for the thing to start,...