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,...
Quick Guide to Training in Ye Old Days Last monday, after class, a sempai came to me and asked me what it was like in ‘ye old days’ if yo...
My System: Karate-jutsu (pt. 2) This is the second part of ‘My System: Karate-jutsu’. If you haven’t read part 1, then you s...
My System: Karate-jutsu (pt. 1) I like studying languages. But, sometimes the human need for formulating/reducing things to a system just beco...
2 Famous Traditional Karate Stories Now and then, the kids in our Karate classes ask me if I can tell them any cool Karate stories. Barely resisti...
The Dynamics of a Black Belt A while back, we received a phone call to the dojo. The call came from somebody who had been training Karate o...
The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 2) Note: This is part two of “The Numb-Chuck ABCs”. If you haven’t read part one, you really sh...
The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 1) I recently received a very handsome e-mail from a very handsome reader. It goes (slightly abbreviated): “...
Saigo No Ninja – Seiko Fujita “You have the talent to be a ninja. I would like to teach you ninjutsu. What do you think?” “...