Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 1) Folks… I did it. After stalking him like a sweaty ninja for an entire weekend, riding ninja-style on the...
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’...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 3) Continued from part 2. Mabuni’s teachings and research Mabuni wrote down his beliefs and philosophies ab...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 2) Continued from part 1. Mabuni and Kobudô One aspect rather rarely reported about Mabuni Kenwa is the fact tha...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 1) Sometimes you just read those articles that make you go: “Dang it! I wish I had the patience to write th...
Ryuei-ryu History & Ramblings: Kata Anan This weekend I’m going to do a seminar on the kata Anan, and when I give seminars I always do a theory s...
Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons (pt. 1) I think I was 15 years old when first I sparred against this evil Russian Ju-jutsu expert. He was smaller than...
My System: Karate-jutsu (pt. 2) This is the second part of ‘My System: Karate-jutsu’. If you haven’t read part 1, then you s...
“Practise Kata Correctly” by Mabuni Kenwa Translated by Mark Tankosich MA, this essay, originally written by the founder of Shito-ryu Karate (Mabuni Ke...
“Yo Ryu Bi” – A Philosophy of Mabuni Kenwa I hope everyone seriously training Karate knows who Mabuni Kenwa was. Because, no matter what “styleR...