The 3 Types of Bunkai (Omote, Ura & Honto)
What do you know about bunkai? If you are like most people – you know a little bit. You know that the an...
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...
Jesse’s Super Functional 4-Step Guide to Choosing the Right Kata for Your Next Bunkai Adventure
It goes without saying that we’re all in this Karate thing for various reasons. Some of us want to execu...
7 Reasons Why Your Bunkai (Probably) Sucks
Continuing on the bunkai (practical applications of Karate’s kata) theme from some of the last posts (to...
11 Practical Bunkai For Karate’s Jump Kick (Tobi-geri)
Isn’t it funny how you always identify yourself with your style? You know, the whole “you are what...
Understand The Textbooks of Karate – Empower Yourself
Remember when you went to school? I mean, like high school, college, university or whatever? If not, just pret...