Safe Is Risky. Risky Is Safe. So I’ve just arrived from Dutch Open, a big international Karate tournament held yearly in Rotterdam, Ho...
72 Bunkai to Juji-uke Today I decided it would be time for yet another post consisting of ridiculously many different pictures of ...
Tsumasaki – The “Old” Way of Kicking? I remember when I first went to Okinawa for Karate and Kobudo training. Though it was a long time ago (I was o...
Ko Un Ryu Sui Let’s talk a little Japanese. There is something that the Japanese call “yojijukugo” which I...
The Second Biggest Misconception of Kata Ever Today when I was taking a stroll I noticed this machine: “Oh, it’s a vending machine, you’re...
7 Ways to Find Your “Tokui Waza” Have you ever seen somebody execute a really superb technique, and wondered “How on earth does he/she do it?...
An Outline of Kicking The physical act of kicking is something that never ceases to fascinate people, and it tends to be a reason to...
42 Bunkai to “Monk’s Salutation” Let’s look at some bunkai (applications for techniques found in kata) again! Last time we did kakete, ...
58 Bunkai to Kakete! Many people think it’s hard to apply techniques from kata in a self-defense scenario. “How can thi...
To Break Or Not to Break… The other day I was thinking about what you should do after you get a good hold/lock/submission on somebody. I...