How You Can Move Like a Karate Expert
Have you seen a Karate expert move? It’s like magic. The movements of a true Karate expert are so sophis...
42 Secrets I Learned From The World’s Greatest Kata Coach
“OPEN YOUR MOUTH!” For the 597th time in a row, after hours of grueling kata practice, sensei Inou...
How to “Snap” Your Karate Techniques Like Rika Usami
Snap! Crack! Pop! The sounds of Rika Usami’s techniques cut through the air, as innocent bystanders are ...
How a World Champion Survived a Small Mistake (That Nearly Cost Him the World Games Title)
Imagine the fear: You are standing on the mat in the kata finals of the World Games. You have been competing a...
Exclusive Interview: Rika Usami – The Undisputed Queen of Karate Kata
Imagine this sound: 12’000 people giving somebody a 5-minute-long standing ovation. Now, imagine this &#...
The Wisdom of Inoue Yoshimi: Legendary Japanese National Team Kata Coach (Seminar Recap)
Inoue Yoshimi sensei is not your ordinary grey-haired, chain-smoking Japanese gentleman. Well, he is a gentlem...
Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 3)
This is the third installment in a series of posts recounting my super exclusive interview with the Venezuelan...
Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 2)
This is part 2 of my chat with Antonio Diaz, Karate World Champion (WKF) in kata and Certified Master of the U...
Saigo No Ninja – Seiko Fujita
“You have the talent to be a ninja. I would like to teach you ninjutsu. What do you think?” “...