What “The Way” of Karate Actually Means (Read This!) Drip. Drip, drip. I open my eyes. Another drop of sweat splashes on the floor. All I can see are my feet, hove...
The 10 Lessons of Grandmaster Itosu: Revisiting Karate’s Most Valuable Historical Essay People keep e-mailing me on how to learn more about the history of Karate. They’re lost. And I totally u...
Mental Power Training for Karate: Controlling Your Self-Image Self-defense is not a sport. I think we can all agree on that. So, by definition, traditional Karate can’...
The Birth of Today’s Karate I’m going to begin this post with a story. What would you say if I told you the following: Once upon a t...
Dorodango – The Way of Mud Imagine you are out walking, on a chilly autumn day. The wind is howling, and some rain is dripping from the l...
The Paradox of Our Time Today I thought I’d spare you my own ideas, and instead share something with you. The following “p...
A Quiz & The Purpose What is the purpose of Karate? To become famous? To be looked upon like some semi-god and bowed to? Of course ...