The Practical Guide to Training Karate in Okinawa (Karate’s Birthplace) Okinawa… This “mythical” island southwest of Japan, where Karate was born. Wouldn’t it...
10 Commandments of Bodyguarding for Karate (+ Bonus Dojo Exercise!) Have you ever used your Karate to defend yourself? What about somebody else? Although Karate has historically ...
Karate Myth Busting: The Secret Truth About Peasants and Karate Lately I’ve been noticing a pretty interesting phenomenon unfold in the world of MMA. You know how, a couple...
Gendai no Bushi – Nakamoto Masahiro (pt. 1) The vitality of the old, bearded man is hard to forget. With unbelievable swiftness he casually disarms his kn...
Tsumasaki – The “Old” Way of Kicking? I remember when I first went to Okinawa for Karate and Kobudo training. Though it was a long time ago (I was o...
My 7 Best Pictures from Okinawa It is well know that the old masters of Karate and Kobudo were often skilled in both the fine arts and the mar...
Following the Footsteps of “Bushi” Matsumura Last Sunday I was helping the old folks in the neighborhood (it was some kind of “clean up in your area day...