42 Bunkai to “Monk’s Salutation”
Let’s look at some bunkai (applications for techniques found in kata) again! Last time we did kakete, &#...
Nintai – Perseverance (pt. 2)
Last time I wrote about the importance of showing up, or in other words regularely doing what you would like t...
Nintai – Perseverance (pt. 1)
“80% of winning is showing up” – Woody Allen Showing up, coming to practise, training. It...
Horizontal vs. Vertical
There is a Chinese martial art that goes by the name of Wing Chun. Sometimes they spell it Wing Tsun too. For ...
The 3 Points of Throwing
Although Karate is mainly a striking, punching and kicking art, it involves joint locks, takedowns, strangulat...
The Hard Soft Style Swimming Academy
There is a quite famous book in Karate circles known as “Bubishi”. You might have heard of it. It ...
The Mayonaisse Jar
I love this story. I thought you might too. An old professor stood before his philosophy class. The students w...
Tradition Reloaded
Tradition… A word heard often when speaking about Karate. Traditional values. Traditional techniques. Tr...
Gusukuma’s 12 Considerations
Gusukuma Shinpan (1890-1954), also known as Shiroma Shinpan (Gusukuma is Okinawan dialect) was a master of Kar...
Kinteki by Fujita Seiko
The system I train in has strong influences from a man named Fujita Seiko (1899-1966), who was the last inheri...
A Quiz & The Purpose
What is the purpose of Karate? To become famous? To be looked upon like some semi-god and bowed to? Of course ...