Muda, Muri, Mura – The 3 M’s of Karate Disclaimer: This post is heavily based on written content and contains no images whatsoever. Nevertheless, sin...
The Stances of Karate – Form, Function and Footprints Today I was looking through my library, trying to figure out which martial arts books I haven’t read in ...
My Way of Teaching – Hate It Or Love It These past weeks I have been indulging myself in a fat bunch of newly purchased Karate books. Sort of like ear...
Chibana Choshin – Butoku The following article is composed from different quotes and teachings of the late Shuri-te Karate expert Chiba...
The Real McCoy – East & West It was a warm June evening in downtown Shuri. The sun was beginning to set, and I was getting a ride back ...
“The 100 Deadliest Karate Moves” – The REAL Meaning of Karate Last week, while browsing some Karate books, I found a really interesting book. It is in English, and on the f...
The Makiwara – Thoughts, Ideas and Quotes The other day I headed to the local Sumo arena, just to look around a little. Usually you will see about ten o...
7 Ways to Find Your “Tokui Waza” Have you ever seen somebody execute a really superb technique, and wondered “How on earth does he/she do it?...
Elephants, Lions & Kihon What do you do on the evenings? And I don’t mean when you train, but after training. Like when you have eate...
Understanding “The Smile” (pt. 2) This is part 2 of ”Understanding the ‘Smile’”. If you haven’t read part 1, please do so. Okay, let...
What Is Ikken Hissatsu? Ikken Hissatsu is a Japanese term that is used quite frequently in Karate (especially Shotokan). What does it ...