“Yo Ryu Bi” – A Philosophy of Mabuni Kenwa I hope everyone seriously training Karate knows who Mabuni Kenwa was. Because, no matter what “styleR...
The Peltzman Effect Have you ever watched CSI? The TV-show about Crime Scene Investigators? You can actually learn pretty much fr...
9 Snappy Comebacks to The 7 Most Silly Frequently Asked Karate Questions Ever If you train Karate, people will now and then ask the most weird and silly (sometimes stupid) questions. Ho...
“Get down and give me… ten?!” In most Karate-schools, the training involves some kind of physical strength exercises. This can vary quite a...
Bowling for Budo Last week I attended a lecture about communication in the Japanese society. I think that in order to understa...
What Did He Just Say?! (Karate Quotes) During my years on the world wide web, I have collected a fair amount of stuff related to the Martial Arts. ...
The 10 Rules of Old School Karate “Classical Karate.” “Traditional Karate.” “Old-style Karate.” “Ortho...
“What I’ve Learned” There is a famous American named Andy Rooney, who has written something he calls “What I’ve Learne...
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...
Koshi O Hineru The above phrase, “Koshi o hineru“, translates as “Twisting (of the) hips“. This is so...
Zanshin – More Than You Think As a Karate-ka, it is natural to always be aware of your surroundings. At least if you have been training for ...