10 Differences Between Okinawan Karate & Japanese Karate
Question: Do you know the difference between Okinawan Karate & Japanese Karate? I didn’t. Until I v...
Free Guide: Strength & Cardio for Karate Practitioners
“Lifting weights makes your Karate bad.” Wrong. Physical training is essential for Karate. A weak...
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...
“Iron and The Soul” – by Henry Rollins
So, it’s been almost 17 years since Henry Rollins first got his famous essay Iron and The Soul published (i...
Karate & Weights – The Eternal Battle
Today it’s time to put the nail in the coffin on something. Because a couple of weeks ago, on a dark and...
The Makiwara – Thoughts, Ideas and Quotes
The other day I headed to the local Sumo arena, just to look around a little. Usually you will see about ten o...
My 3 Advices for Supplementary Training
At some point in your training you may feel you have reached a plateau, where you can’t seem to get any ...
Tradition Reloaded
Tradition… A word heard often when speaking about Karate. Traditional values. Traditional techniques. Tr...