Why There’s (Still) No “Secret” Moves in Karate Kata & Why You Should Care Now People claim they can see the face of Jesus Christ in a three-cheese pizza. Are they crazy? I think so. People...
Jesse’s Super Functional 4-Step Guide to Choosing the Right Kata for Your Next Bunkai Adventure It goes without saying that we’re all in this Karate thing for various reasons. Some of us want to execu...
The Little-Known Purpose of Karate’s Supreme Muscle of Madness: Latissimus Dorsi Let’s talk about muscles. We all have them. Some have bigger ones, some have smaller ones. According to ...
The Karate Nerd Manifesto So, I keep arguing that you need to become this Karate Nerd™ thing. Most of you, hopefully, kind of, sort of...
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)...
Demystifying the Philosophy of “Shu-Ha-Ri”: 2 Awesome Stories I don’t know about you, but in our dojo we’ve got to write a thesis for some gradings. For example...
The Karate Code: Official Press Release Finally. After 18 months of back-breaking research, writing, translating and most of all waiting – The Karat...
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...
Speaking, Writing, Bunkai, Kata: Let’s Take It From The Beginning Okay, here’s a thought: What if we had to learn writing before talking? What if we had to actually write...
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’...
Black Belt Kids – Get Off Their Backs A while back I posted an image in a post, where a black belt kid (age 11) threatens an adult brown belt woman ...