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 donâ...
SENI 2010: The International Combat Sports Show Imagine being at a big expo, where thousands of martial artists can meet, compete, train, have fun and exchang...
Safe Is Risky. Risky Is Safe. So I’ve just arrived from Dutch Open, a big international Karate tournament held yearly in Rotterdam, Ho...
From Okinawa to The World – A Short Story on Spirit I remember it like yesterday: It was a beautiful hot August day in Okinawa, and we – around 40 people fr...
Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tournament 2009 – Day 4 (Seminars) I’m back! First of all, sorry that I’m one day late with this last report from the “Okinawa Trad...
Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tournament 2009 – Day 3 (Tournament) So, day three of the “Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tournament 2009″ is officially over. A...
Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tournament 2009 – Day 2 (Demonstrations) Okay, I’m back by the keyboard, reporting from the “Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tourname...
Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kobudo World Tournament 2009 – Day 1 (Registrations) So it has finally begun… Today was the first official day of the “Okinawa Traditional Karatedo Kob...
Kiai – The Battle Cry of Tennis Lately there has been something fascinating happening in the tennis (“what, not Karate?“) communit...
Bi-jutsu & Karate-jutsu Imagine this: Picasso is sitting by a small table. Yes, the famous artist Picasso. In front of him he has a wh...