To all martial artists, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, something else or nothing at all: have a great holiday season and a happy new year! I’d like to take a moment to let you that I’m starting to take CBD oil to help me after the training with the pain, and sometimes with the anxiety that comes from organizing […]
Uchi-Mata (Inner Thigh Throw) Before class last night Brandon and I worked more on the throw I taught him after our knife defense class–the side-step uchi-mata (inner thigh throw). Since Brandon has only ever worked striking arts (he is a brown belt in another style, but I can’t remember what that style was) and considering how easy it was to […]
Brandon tried to grab onto me when I grabbed him during a multiple attacker drill So I threw him with harai goshi (sweeping hip throw). Sorry for the hard landing, dude. He didn’t really want to be in the middle of the attacker circle anyway 😛 He did pretty well, though Don’t worry, he did throw me back eventually Crowd […]
For those who haven’t heard of the Okinawan Karate Institute Blog (OKI Blog) it is a site that is managed by Sensei Theodore Kruczek, a Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) in Shorin-Ryu who started it originally as a place to post historical information about Shorin-Ryu karate and some of his research papers. The blog contains a lot of valuable information […]
Matt over at Ikigai Way has posted a contest that is sponsored by Karate Depot, and I wanted to share it. If you know a Sensei who goes out of their way to help and make an impact in the community, please check out Matt’s “Selfless Sensei” Giveaway post on his blog and enter them in the contest!
