champion Archives | KARATE by Jesse

“OPEN YOUR MOUTH!” For the 597th time in a row, after hours of grueling kata practice, sensei Inou...

Imagine the horror: You’ve been driving your kids to Karate class, tournaments and camps for years. You&...

“Op, op, op, op… Oppa Gangnam Style!” That’s the lyrics to Korean pop song ‘Gang...

Snap! Crack! Pop! The sounds of Rika Usami’s techniques cut through the air, as innocent bystanders are ...

Imagine the fear: You are standing on the mat in the kata finals of the World Games. You have been competing a...

You are training MMA. Yup! If you do Karate, you’re an original Mixed Martial Artist. You see, Karate w...

Imagine this sound: 12’000 people giving somebody a 5-minute-long standing ovation. Now, imagine this &#...

What defines a great Karate practitioner? The answer to that question has been debated for decades, and seems ...

Note: This is part two of my exclusive interview with Luca Valdesi, world kata champion. Read part one here! A...

“Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation.” – Elizabe...

Okay, okay, okay… I’m back. Well, not that I ever “left” or anything, I’ve just ...