3 Secrets to Being a Karate Instructor That Kids L-O-V-E (& Respect)
Being a Karate instructor isn’t easy. Especially not if you teach kids. It requires knowledge, creativit...
Exclusive Interview: Evan Pantazi – The Pressure Point Picasso (pt. 2)
Note: This is the second part of my exclusive interview with Evan Pantazi – The Pressure Point Picasso. ...
Exclusive Interview: Evan Pantazi – The Pressure Point Picasso (pt. 1)
Froth. And saliva. (Lots of it.) That’s what flooded out of the mouth of a dude I saw getting knocked ou...
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...
Sanchin & The 4 Secrets of The Skill of Strength
We are all looking for shortcuts. Constantly. I mean, just take a look at the cover of any randomly selected m...
The Great Escape – 5 Steps to Fleeing a McDojo
Two weeks ago I received an e-mail that sent shivers down my spine. Read it yourself (slightly edited): Hey Je...
Sport Karate: “Meimoku no Bugei”
Okay, so yesterday I was at this competition, right. I’m standing there, waiting for the thing to start,...
The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 2)
Note: This is part two of “The Numb-Chuck ABCs”. If you haven’t read part one, you really sh...
The Whispers of Matsumura
Let me tell you about an interesting concept I once came up with: First of all, have you heard about the game ...
“7 Points of Karate-jutsu” by Motobu Choki
Today I decided to give the keyboard to someone else: Motobu Choki. Or – as they say here in Okinawa ...
Gusukuma’s 12 Considerations
Gusukuma Shinpan (1890-1954), also known as Shiroma Shinpan (Gusukuma is Okinawan dialect) was a master of Kar...