Okinawa. This “mythical” island somewhere southwest of Japan, where old-school Karate was born and raised a couple of centuries ago. Wouldn’t...
Okinawa. This “mythical” island somewhere southwest of Japan, where old-school Karate was born and raised a couple of centuries ago. Wouldn’t...
Do you know what a koan is? No? A koan is a story, dialogue, question or statement which is used in...
All right folks! I’m finally back from a long week in Paris, with a bag full of fresh and exclusive...
Does success always equal fame? If your answer is yes, how come you have never heard of Donald Bradman? Probably because...
Have you ever used your Karate to defend yourself? What about somebody else? Although Karate has historically been primarily focused on...
People keep e-mailing me on how to learn more about the history of Karate. They’re lost. And I totally understand them. The...
When the legendary Winston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, some...
Note! This article consists of two parts: First I break the crazy news that the standardized shitei kata are...
History is rarely written by losers. And if the modernization of Karate was a popularity contest, the losers surely had...