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I guess everyone has heard or read about haiku, the famous Japanese form of short poetry stretching back to th...

As we all know, Okinawa (the birthplace of Karate, remember?) is an island completely surrounded by water. Bea...

Training in Japan (or anywhere in the world with a Japanese teacher) can sometimes be both fun and frustrating...

Have you ever seen something beautiful, like a piece of furniture, or a sculpture, or painting, and thought &#...

Since the modernization (and subsequent popularization) of Karate in the early 1900, Karate has spread to almo...

Last time I wrote about the importance of showing up, or in other words regularely doing what you would like t...

Step into the time machine. [woosh! sound of flying back in time] Now step out. We are in 1867. March 24th. Lo...

A few days ago, while I was practising Kobudo, I came to think of something that happened in Okinawa 1 ½ yea...

I hope everyone seriously training Karate knows who Mabuni Kenwa was. Because, no matter what “styleR...

The above phrase, “Koshi o hineru“, translates as “Twisting (of the) hips“. This is so...