The #1 Way of Sounding Like a Total Amateur in Karate Sometimes cultures clash in a more physical way than you wish for. Like the other day when I was at the superm...
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...
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...
Lectured By Sensei: “The Lion Incident” I once heard that the only feeling you never forget is embarassment. Or was it humiliation? It’s a thin ...
Quick Guide to Training in Ye Old Days Last monday, after class, a sempai came to me and asked me what it was like in ‘ye old days’ if yo...
2 Famous Traditional Karate Stories Now and then, the kids in our Karate classes ask me if I can tell them any cool Karate stories. Barely resisti...
Saigo No Ninja – Seiko Fujita “You have the talent to be a ninja. I would like to teach you ninjutsu. What do you think?” “...
Siam – Discovering Karate’s Forgotten Source (pt. 3) "Hurry up, we're going to miss it!" I scream, as you gather together all of the juice, bread, fruit and other ...
Karateka! Do You Need A Reality Check? “I swear, that was the last time, man! I’m starting boxing tomorrow!” My friend was pretty u...
“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...
The Okinawan Karate Myth Imagine that you are living in a small village, hidden deep in a valley somewhere in a land far away. You don...