2 Things Driving School Taught Me About Karate Sometimes you learn the most valuable lessons in the most unexpected situations. In driving school for instanc...
The Mysterious Martial Monk (pt. 2) (This is part 2 of ‘The Mysterious Martial Monk’. If you haven’t read part 1, you really sho...
The Mysterious Martial Monk (pt. 1) A long, long time ago, in a land far, far away, there lived a boy who – like most boys at some part of t...
The 8 Most Evil Bodyweight Exercises Ever Invented Do you incorporate strength training in your Karate? You should. Being strong is a prerequisite for many thing...
Kata & Kata – There Can Only Be One Practising Karate it is unavoidable that one must use the Japanese language to some extent. Rei, Hajime, Yoi, ...
Kata – Woodpecker, Wind or Water? Two weeks ago I taught a Karate class for kids. (Of course I do that every week, but two weeks ago something s...
Chinkuchi – Another Exotic Okinawan Karate Word If you ever plan on travelling to Okinawa (or Japan in general) to study Karate, remember to take notes. It do...
72 Bunkai to Juji-uke Today I decided it would be time for yet another post consisting of ridiculously many different pictures of ...
Space Invaders I haven’t counted, but I guess thousands of articles and books have been written about the staking out a...
“You can’t bring your Kobudo weapons to the pub can you?” Almost exactly one year ago (8th of January, 2009) I made a poll on a popular Karate internet forum, trying to...
The Stances of Karate – Form, Function and Footprints Today I was looking through my library, trying to figure out which martial arts books I haven’t read in ...