Form and Principles
Precise form is very important in Karate training, Good form provides us a structure that allows to maximize force production...
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Notes on budo, technique, and the training life.
Articles from Sensei Avi Rokah — kata principles, kumite strategy, and lessons carried from 27 years under Grand Master Nishiyama.
Oji Waza, How You React is Not A Conscious Choice
Oji Waza is what we refer to as response techniques, or as some understand it as defense techniques. There are...
Read the articleWhat Feels Powerful is Not Necessarily Powerful
Butch Harmon was chosen as world best golf instructor since 2003 and he said “for longer drives, forget what feels...
Read the articleSensei Nishiyama, The Practical and The Philosopher
Next week, on November 8, it will be 5 years to the passing of my teacher, Sensei Nishiyama. He was...
Read the articleAvoid Lapse in Attentiveness
The other day my student Brian Palmer and I were sparring for about 20 minutes. Afterward Brian, who is one...
Read the articlePosture Actually Changes Your Physiology
In karate we know how important posture is for effective movement, and that posture has psychological effect as well. When...
Read the articleBody, Mind and Brain in Harmony
In Karate through many generations, the wisdom and the tools were developed and transmitted to achieve harmony in oneself and...
Read the articleForm and Formless?
Form is limitation, a necessary limitation, therefore ultimately we should be free of form. Being free of form mentally and...
Read the articleBody Mechanics, But First A Little Bit of Physics: By David Schames
(David Schames is my student for the last 10 years, since he was 16, very smart and also powerful, we...
Read the articleBypass the Brain in Karate and in Soccer. Study Shower Neymar is “Bypassing the Brain” as we Teach in Karate
My good friend from Lithuania, Modestas Tursa, sent me an interesting article about the brain activity of soccer star Neymar...
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