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There are many things I still don’t understand when it comes to Okinawan Karate. One being their facili...

“Ka-slap!” It was one of the most stinging verbal slaps I’d ever received. And I loved it. To make a lon...

I once heard that the only feeling you never forget is embarassment. Or was it humiliation? It’s a thin ...

Today was my last day here in Okinawa. Too bad. So, of course I had to do one last sayonara-trip down the unbe...

Okay, I’m a little disappointed in you guys. Hear me out: Since I recently received my long-awaited 10th...

Today, when I walked to the dojo, something remarkable happened. You see, when I cross the road at pedestrian ...

I remember being at this great seminar once, covering all kinds of nifty kata application principles, when, su...

Written by the late founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate, Nagamine Shoshin, the Karate-do Sanka (lit. emp...

"Well, it just isn't as easy as I thought it would be! I mean, it's not like they advertise exactly." "What...

Have you packed your bags? Good. Because we're about to go on a journey together....

Imagine that you are living in a small village, hidden deep in a valley somewhere in a land far away. You don�...