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“Shiranu ga hotoke” (“Not knowing is Buddha.”) Once upon a time, during the 1970’...

People keep e-mailing me on how to learn more about the history of Karate. They’re lost. And I totally u...

Note! This article consists of two parts: First I break the crazy news that the standardized shitei kata are f...

Inoue Yoshimi sensei is not your ordinary grey-haired, chain-smoking Japanese gentleman. Well, he is a gentlem...

Facts: It has been called “the silent killer” and can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pa...

We have all met them. Those unique Karate teachers that make everything feel like instant enlightenment. Those...

“Ka-slap!” It was one of the most stinging verbal slaps I’d ever received. And I loved it. To make a lon...

I don’t know about you, but I have tons of metaphors for describing Karate. Most of them are pretty stra...

Let me ask you something: Do you have a hard time understanding water vapor? (You know, that gas thingy you se...

Today, when I walked to the dojo, something remarkable happened. You see, when I cross the road at pedestrian ...

This weekend I’m going to do a seminar on the kata Anan, and when I give seminars I always do a theory s...