4 Things I Learned From Getting My A** Kicked in MMA 3 stitches. (No, that’s not my new rap name.) That’s what I see in the bathroom mirror, ever since...
Exclusive Interview: Junior Lefevre – Kumite & Kata Legend Question: Is it possible to become a world-class champion in both kata and kumite? Many people would say n...
One Little Verbal Trick to Save Your A** in Self-Defense I’m proud to say I’ve never been in a real fight. I hope my future kids enjoy the same lack of man...
Exclusive Interview: Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson – What Karate Can Learn from MMA You are training MMA. Yup! If you do Karate, you’re an original Mixed Martial Artist. You see, Karate w...
Exclusive Interview: Luca Valdesi – The Undisputed King of Tournament Kata (pt. 2) Note: This is part two of my exclusive interview with Luca Valdesi, world kata champion. Read part one here! A...
Top 6 Martial Arts Movie Fights of All Time: The KbJ Fans’ Edition Kung fu movies. Taste the phrase. We all have our favorite one. And we all have our favorite hero. From Bruce ...
Musings on Mushin: Karate’s Equivalent of Mindfulness Fun fact: At the tender age of twenty-three, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic p...
Will Real Karate Please Stand Up? So, I’m sitting on the plane right now, on my way home from spending yet another two awesome months in beaut...
Time To Break Out Of The Box? Old Vs. New You know what I can’t stand? People who are trapped in boxes. Squeezed into these tiny compartments R...
“Karate Ni Sente Nashi” á la Motobu Choki In 1943, an interesting incident took place at a big restaurant somewhere in central Okinawa. A party was bein...
Motobu & Funakoshi – The Habu & The Mongoose You know how the old masters of Karate would always write noble things like: “The ultimate goal of Karat...