42 Secrets I Learned From The World’s Greatest Kata Coach “OPEN YOUR MOUTH!” For the 597th time in a row, after hours of grueling kata practice, sensei Inou...
How to “Snap” Your Karate Techniques Like Rika Usami Snap! Crack! Pop! The sounds of Rika Usami’s techniques cut through the air, as innocent bystanders are ...
How a World Champion Survived a Small Mistake (That Nearly Cost Him the World Games Title) Imagine the fear: You are standing on the mat in the kata finals of the World Games. You have been competing a...
“The K is on the Way”: An Exclusive Interview with the President of WKF on Karate’s Controversial Road to the Olympics 2020 (pt. 1) Last week I posted an interesting question on my facebook page. QUESTION: What is YOUR biggest concern/fear, i...
5 Ways to Get a Fantabulous Shiko-Dachi Stance: Looking Beyond Static Stretching Okay, okay, okay… I’m back. Well, not that I ever “left” or anything, I’ve just ...
The Karate Nerd Manifesto So, I keep arguing that you need to become this Karate Nerd™ thing. Most of you, hopefully, kind of, sort of...
Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 3) This is the third installment in a series of posts recounting my super exclusive interview with the Venezuelan...
Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 2) This is part 2 of my chat with Antonio Diaz, Karate World Champion (WKF) in kata and Certified Master of the U...
Exclusive Interview: Antonio Diaz – World Karate Champion (pt. 1) Folks… I did it. After stalking him like a sweaty ninja for an entire weekend, riding ninja-style on the...