The 10 Lessons of Grandmaster Itosu: Revisiting Karate’s Most Valuable Historical Essay People keep e-mailing me on how to learn more about the history of Karate. They’re lost. And I totally u...
“Art” or “Fight”? Exploring the Two Sides of Rhythm in Karate’s Kata It’s been a while since I answered awesome reader questions in public. So it’s about that time aga...
The WKF Shitei Kata Are Finally Removed (+ Historical Bonus Material!) Note! This article consists of two parts: First I break the crazy news that the standardized shitei kata are f...
What Should I Be Focusing On? A Karate Dilemma. Somebody died and made me king, emperor and dictator-for-life of Karate therapy online. Here’s my latest...
“When Should I Leave My Sensei And Start My Own Dojo?” An e-mail was received. From a ridiculously handsome man named Gary, with an impeccable taste in blogs. Obvio...
Exploring The Karate Mentality: Respect It Or Check It Was everything better before? An expression heard now and then, most often by veterans in their chosen field o...
How To Practice Karate Alone Here’s a question I get a lot: “Dear Jesse-san, Training Karate alone is very hard for me. I know ...
The Great Escape – 5 Steps to Fleeing a McDojo Two weeks ago I received an e-mail that sent shivers down my spine. Read it yourself (slightly edited): Hey Je...
The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 2) Note: This is part two of “The Numb-Chuck ABCs”. If you haven’t read part one, you really sh...
The Best “Life Story” E-mail I’ve Ever Received Following my latest ‘Siam – Discovering Karate’s Forgotten Source’ trilogy I got a lot of pret...
Exposing The Biggest Best Kept Super Secret of Karate Ever Folks... We are standing on the brink of revolution....