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Snap! Crack! Pop! The sounds of Rika Usami’s techniques cut through the air, as innocent bystanders are ...

You are training MMA. Yup! If you do Karate, you’re an original Mixed Martial Artist. You see, Karate w...

Imagine this sound: 12’000 people giving somebody a 5-minute-long standing ovation. Now, imagine this &#...

Yesterday my friend told me his dojo has grown 200% in the past week. Turns out, they got one new member. Ouch...

What defines a great Karate practitioner? The answer to that question has been debated for decades, and seems ...

All right folks! I’m finally back from a long week in Paris, with a bag full of fresh and exclusive vide...

Note: This is part two of my exclusive interview with Luca Valdesi, world kata champion. Read part one here! A...

Note! This article consists of two parts: First I break the crazy news that the standardized shitei kata are f...

Note: This is part two of my exploration into Karate and the Olympics; interviewing the president of the WKF (...

Last week I posted an interesting question on my facebook page. QUESTION: What is YOUR biggest concern/fear, i...

Okay, okay, okay… I’m back. Well, not that I ever “left” or anything, I’ve just ...