The Artsy Fartsy Secret of Karate’s Obsession With Old Masters A black belt from our dojo asked me the other day: “Jesse-san… why are we Karate people always so ...
5 Simple Reasons Why You Should Love Tradition Tradition. What is it? “late 14c., from O.Fr. tradicion (late 13c.), from L. traditionem (nom. traditio)...
Discovering The Lost Secret of Matsumura’s Mysterious Bo Staff BOOM! I woke up with a bang. “OMFG, what’s the time?!” Checking my mobile phone. 5:20. AM. I...
Karate Myth Busting: The Secret Truth About Peasants and Karate Lately I’ve been noticing a pretty interesting phenomenon unfold in the world of MMA. You know how, a couple...
7 Reasons Why Your Bunkai (Probably) Sucks Continuing on the bunkai (practical applications of Karate’s kata) theme from some of the last posts (to...
One Karate To Rule ‘Em All? A while back I received an e-mail. It went: Hi, First of all, let me tell you that your blog is just awesome! ...
The 4 Principles of Quan-fa: Float, Sink, Swallow, Spit First I though about just naming this post “Float, Sink, Swallow, Spit”. Then… I realized ho...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 4) Mabuni’s influence on JKA Shôtôkan-ryû Another quite important aspect, often overlooked, is Mabuni’...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 3) Continued from part 2. Mabuni’s teachings and research Mabuni wrote down his beliefs and philosophies ab...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 2) Continued from part 1. Mabuni and Kobudô One aspect rather rarely reported about Mabuni Kenwa is the fact tha...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 1) Sometimes you just read those articles that make you go: “Dang it! I wish I had the patience to write th...