Motobu & Funakoshi – The Habu & The Mongoose
You know how the old masters of Karate would always write noble things like: “The ultimate goal of Karat...
“Practise Kata Correctly” by Mabuni Kenwa
Translated by Mark Tankosich MA, this essay, originally written by the founder of Shito-ryu Karate (Mabuni Ke...
Koujiki – The Educational Karate Game
To better understand and appreciate the Karate that we’re all practising there are several approaches on...
The Great Lie of Karate
“Excuse me… teacher, when are we going to learn ‘the crane’?” I look down and se...
Karate = mc^2
Karate by itself is not a science. It’s really not. Even though people sometimes say it is, I don’...
Muda, Muri, Mura – The 3 M’s of Karate
Disclaimer: This post is heavily based on written content and contains no images whatsoever. Nevertheless, sin...
Safe Is Risky. Risky Is Safe.
So I’ve just arrived from Dutch Open, a big international Karate tournament held yearly in Rotterdam, Ho...
Space Invaders
I haven’t counted, but I guess thousands of articles and books have been written about the staking out a...
“You can’t bring your Kobudo weapons to the pub can you?”
Almost exactly one year ago (8th of January, 2009) I made a poll on a popular Karate internet forum, trying to...
The Birth of Today’s Karate
I’m going to begin this post with a story. What would you say if I told you the following: Once upon a t...
Ko Un Ryu Sui
Let’s talk a little Japanese. There is something that the Japanese call “yojijukugo” which I...