The Karate Code: Official Press Release
Finally. After 18 months of back-breaking research, writing, translating and most of all waiting – The Karat...
Legends of Karate: Mabuni Kenwa and his Shitô-Ryû (pt. 3)
Continued from part 2. Mabuni’s teachings and research Mabuni wrote down his beliefs and philosophies ab...
A Look At The Future of Karate: 3 Great Changes To Come
The other day I was having a conversation with one of the head MMA coaches at our academy. He was in a philoso...
The Cloud of Karate – Where Things Went Wrong
I don’t know about you, but I have tons of metaphors for describing Karate. Most of them are pretty stra...
Choosing The Right Path Towards The “Ultimate Aim” of Karate
Disclaimer: To all you second graders, there are no images in this post. Sorry. And I’m not even sorry. ...
The Endless List of Karate Feelings
That mixed feeling of frustration and letdown; not having punched even harder, faster and better than your pre...
“Karate Ni Sente Nashi” á la Motobu Choki
In 1943, an interesting incident took place at a big restaurant somewhere in central Okinawa. A party was bein...
29 Things About Karate You Ought To Know
Internet is great and all, but sometimes I'm thinking that there's one huge drawback.
Everything is recorde...
“Kamae” – By Hatsumi Masaaki
Masaaki Hatsumi (b. 1931) is the founder and current Soke of the Bujinkan Organization, currently residing and...
The Great Lie of Karate
“Excuse me… teacher, when are we going to learn ‘the crane’?” I look down and se...
“Dear Kata Critic…”
There are some pretty fun words and phrases out there. For example, in German they have the horribly long word...