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...
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...
Go Kenki: The Undercover Kung-fu Pioneer of Okinawan Karate History is rarely written by losers. And if the modernization of Karate was a popularity contest, the losers s...
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...
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...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 4) Mabuni’s influence on JKA Shôtôkan-ryû Another quite important aspect, often overlooked, is Mabuni’...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 2) Continued from part 1. Mabuni and Kobudô One aspect rather rarely reported about Mabuni Kenwa is the fact tha...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 1) Sometimes you just read those articles that make you go: “Dang it! I wish I had the patience to write th...
The Okinawan Karate Myth Imagine that you are living in a small village, hidden deep in a valley somewhere in a land far away. You donâ...
The Secret to Why Kobudo Never Became Popular Since the modernization (and subsequent popularization) of Karate in the early 1900, Karate has spread to almo...