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Was everything better before? An expression heard now and then, most often by veterans in their chosen field o...

Disclaimer: To all you second graders, there are no images in this post. Sorry. And I’m not even sorry. ...

Today was my last day here in Okinawa. Too bad. So, of course I had to do one last sayonara-trip down the unbe...

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

Now and then, the kids in our Karate classes ask me if I can tell them any cool Karate stories. Barely resisti...

In 1943, an interesting incident took place at a big restaurant somewhere in central Okinawa. A party was bein...

You know how the old masters of Karate would always write noble things like: “The ultimate goal of Karat...

Two weeks ago I taught a Karate class for kids. (Of course I do that every week, but two weeks ago something s...

I sometimes get asked questions like “I want to read some books on Karate, what do you recommend?”...

Some fun people over at MartialArtsPlanet.com expanded on my previous post (You Know You Are Doing Too Much Ka...

I’m going to begin this post with a story. What would you say if I told you the following: Once upon a t...