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“Mastery” is a big word. If you practice Karate, you should strive for it. In every punch, kick, ...

Karate is not a religion. Still, I have come up with 10 “holy” commandments that you really need t...

History is rarely written by losers. And if the modernization of Karate was a popularity contest, the losers s...

Click to download: Just when you thought the history of Karate was way too complex to even understand &...

I don’t know about you, but in our dojo we’ve got to write a thesis for some gradings. For example...

Lately I’ve been noticing a pretty interesting phenomenon unfold in the world of MMA. You know how, a couple...

This weekend I was at a seminar with no-gi submission wrestling/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wizard Eddie Bravo. HeR...

You know what I can’t stand? People who take “pauses” from Karate. “Oh, I’m so b...

This is the second part of ‘My System: Karate-jutsu’. If you haven’t read part 1, then you s...

If one man inspired kids to do sidekicks and carve their own “karate-sticks” more than any other m...

“I swear, that was the last time, man! I’m starting boxing tomorrow!” My friend was pretty u...