Watch “Karate Nerd in China” Now
Wow… I just released Episode 1 of my new docuseries “Karate Nerd in China” and the feedback ...
Go Kenki: The Undercover Kung-fu Pioneer of Okinawan Karate
History is rarely written by losers. And if the modernization of Karate was a popularity contest, the losers s...
Enter the Ishi-Sashi: Old-Style Functional Karate Strength Training for the 21st Century
The other day somebody asked me how to strength train for Karate. What machines to use, how many sets, how man...
The 4 Principles of Quan-fa: Float, Sink, Swallow, Spit
First I though about just naming this post “Float, Sink, Swallow, Spit”. Then… I realized ho...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 4)
Mabuni’s influence on JKA Shôtôkan-ryû Another quite important aspect, often overlooked, is Mabuni’...
A Look At The Future of Karate: 3 Great Changes To Come
The other day I was having a conversation with one of the head MMA coaches at our academy. He was in a philoso...
What You Need To Know About Kata
Statement: The original meaning of most kata (besides being used in self-defense) have been lost in the “...
The Mysterious Martial Monk (pt. 2)
(This is part 2 of ‘The Mysterious Martial Monk’. If you haven’t read part 1, you really sho...
The Mysterious Martial Monk (pt. 1)
A long, long time ago, in a land far, far away, there lived a boy who – like most boys at some part of t...
Gendai no Bushi – Nakamoto Masahiro (pt. 2)
[continued from part 1] Nakamoto-sensei is very fond of travelling. During his youth he actually made a long t...