motobu Archives | KARATE by Jesse

Question: Do you know the difference between Okinawan Karate & Japanese Karate? I didn’t. Until I v...

Thirteen. That’s how many letters Iain Abernethy’s name contains. Thirteen is also the number of l...

I’ve said it before. But I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for quotes. Good quotes, weird quot...

When the legendary Winston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an e...

Folks, I have a confession to make. I’m a sucker for good self-help books. Therefore, when self-help aut...

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

Okay, I’m a little disappointed in you guys. Hear me out: Since I recently received my long-awaited 10th...

Now and then, the kids in our Karate classes ask me if I can tell them any cool Karate stories. Barely resisti...

In 1943, an interesting incident took place at a big restaurant somewhere in central Okinawa. A party was bein...

You know how the old masters of Karate would always write noble things like: “The ultimate goal of Karat...

So I’ve just arrived from Dutch Open, a big international Karate tournament held yearly in Rotterdam, Ho...