How To Improve Your Side Kick (Yoko-Geri) VIDEO
I confess: I used to SUCK at performing the side kick (“yoko-geri” in Japanese). Until I learned...
2 Forgotten (But Deadly) Techniques of Okinawan Karate
Carefully read this quote: “Hoping to see Karate included in the physical education taught in our public...
The Quick & Dirty Guide to Tameshiwari: Breaking Stuff the Karate Way
The crowd in the shopping mall went silent… All you could hear was the Rocky soundtrack (Eye of The Tige...
Theory & Application of the Karate 4 Point Principle
This weekend I was at a seminar with no-gi submission wrestling/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wizard Eddie Bravo. HeR...
11 Practical Bunkai For Karate’s Jump Kick (Tobi-geri)
Isn’t it funny how you always identify yourself with your style? You know, the whole “you are what...
“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...
Tsumasaki – The “Old” Way of Kicking?
I remember when I first went to Okinawa for Karate and Kobudo training. Though it was a long time ago (I was o...
An Outline of Kicking
The physical act of kicking is something that never ceases to fascinate people, and it tends to be a reason to...
Gusukuma’s 12 Considerations
Gusukuma Shinpan (1890-1954), also known as Shiroma Shinpan (Gusukuma is Okinawan dialect) was a master of Kar...