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Written by the late founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate, Nagamine Shoshin, the Karate-do Sanka (lit. emp...

Two weeks ago I received an e-mail that sent shivers down my spine. Read it yourself (slightly edited): Hey Je...

This is part 2 of ‘Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons’. If you haven’t read part on...

Okay, so yesterday I was at this competition, right. I’m standing there, waiting for the thing to start,...

Last monday, after class, a sempai came to me and asked me what it was like in ‘ye old days’ if yo...

Sometimes you guys send me some pretty interesting links. Last month, for instance, I received a particulary i...

This is the second part of ‘My System: Karate-jutsu’. If you haven’t read part 1, then you s...

I like studying languages. But, sometimes the human need for formulating/reducing things to a system just beco...

“You have the talent to be a ninja. I would like to teach you ninjutsu. What do you think?” “...

When I lived in Okinawa, I had a whole pack of lizards living in my apartment. I still don't know how they got...

Following my latest ‘Siam – Discovering Karate’s Forgotten Source’ trilogy I got a lot of pret...