Konishi Yasuhiro: The Hidden History of Karate’s Hardcore Hero
Does success always equal fame? If your answer is yes, how come you have never heard of Donald Bradman? Probab...
Morio Higaonna’s 3 Ultimate Lessons of Karate Wisdom
Being here in Okinawa, practising Karate and Kobudo with all sorts of masters, gives you an interesting perspe...
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...
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...
Sanchin & The 4 Secrets of The Skill of Strength
We are all looking for shortcuts. Constantly. I mean, just take a look at the cover of any randomly selected m...
Ryuei-ryu History & Ramblings: Kata Anan
This weekend I’m going to do a seminar on the kata Anan, and when I give seminars I always do a theory s...
Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons (pt. 2)
This is part 2 of ‘Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons’. If you haven’t read part on...
Naha-te’s 2 Greatest “Secret” Lessons (pt. 1)
I think I was 15 years old when first I sparred against this evil Russian Ju-jutsu expert. He was smaller than...
The Hard Soft Style Swimming Academy
There is a quite famous book in Karate circles known as “Bubishi”. You might have heard of it. It ...