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, ...
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...
Space Invaders
I haven’t counted, but I guess thousands of articles and books have been written about the staking out a...
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 ...
The 3 Methods of Approach & Where Karate Fails
Let’s begin this post by reading some old news. This happened in 2008. It’s still relevant: Female...
Gendai no Bushi – Nakamoto Masahiro (pt. 2)
[continued from part 1] Nakamoto-sensei is very fond of travelling. During his youth he actually made a long t...
Gendai no Bushi – Nakamoto Masahiro (pt. 1)
The vitality of the old, bearded man is hard to forget. With unbelievable swiftness he casually disarms his kn...
My Way of Teaching – Hate It Or Love It
These past weeks I have been indulging myself in a fat bunch of newly purchased Karate books. Sort of like ear...
Keizoku Wa Chikara Nari
Have you heard about the 10’000 hour rule? No? Simply put, there exists a theory that in order to be an ...
You Know You Are Doing Too Much Karate If… (pt. 2)
Some fun people over at MartialArtsPlanet.com expanded on my previous post (You Know You Are Doing Too Much Ka...