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There’s a pretty widespread theory in Karate these days that you should choose your ‘waza’ (...

“Ka-slap!” It was one of the most stinging verbal slaps I’d ever received. And I loved it. To make a lon...

An e-mail was received. From a ridiculously handsome man named Gary, with an impeccable taste in blogs. Obvio...

Mabuni’s influence on JKA Shôtôkan-ryû Another quite important aspect, often overlooked, is Mabuni’...

Continued from part 2. Mabuni’s teachings and research Mabuni wrote down his beliefs and philosophies ab...

Continued from part 1. Mabuni and Kobudô One aspect rather rarely reported about Mabuni Kenwa is the fact tha...

Sometimes you just read those articles that make you go: “Dang it! I wish I had the patience to write th...

So there you are, sitting in front of your computer, sipping some green tea, eating some carrot cake (don̵...

A while back I posted an image in a post, where a black belt kid (age 11) threatens an adult brown belt woman ...

The other day I was having a conversation with one of the head MMA coaches at our academy. He was in a philoso...

I don’t know about you, but I have tons of metaphors for describing Karate. Most of them are pretty stra...