Kakedameshi Seminar in Review Recently updated !
A review and testimonials of my recent seminar, Kakedameshi: The Original Kumite of Karate, hosted by Shorei Ryu Karate Studios of Bradley, IL.
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Seminar Announcement – Kakedameshi: The Original Kumite of Karate
Learn how to spar using your kata through the practice of kakedameshi, the original kumite of karate!
The Practical Karate Training Methodology: A Primer
The majority of karate schools, today, fall into two camps, both of which are almost entirely creations of Post-WW2 Japan: That said, there is a third camp that has been growing in popularity: I honestly don’t think I need to go into much detail on how the first two train, because they are so popular; they almost exclusively follow a […]
The International Neoclassical Karate Kobudo Society (INKKS) and the Inaugural INKKS Karate Seminar Event
Over the course of 2023, I have worked with several like-minded martial artists on the development of a style-agnostic organization for the development and promotion of effective, pragmatic, neoclassical karate and kobudo methods the world over. The vision is to have a non-profit organization that actively supports its members, providing training opportunities, educational materials, training modules, curriculum development, and more! […]
Elite Sports Bulgarian Bag
Elite Sports reached out to me, a while back, and was kind enough to send me one of their Bulgarian Bags, for free, to test out and review. This is a hojo undo kigu (supplementary training tool) that I have been interested in trying out for quite some time–and I even have a tire inner tube stashed away specifically for […]
Are Karate Drills Bad?
Drills are a hallmark of martial arts training, the world over, regardless of art or style, and they come in many different forms, with different intentions. In general, though, how do we define what a “drill” is, and how do we know if they are any good?
Kata Wormholes
Most karateka spend a great deal of time learning and practicing kata, which is fitting, given that the kata are templates for the curriculum of karate, but as the art has morphed into a tradition-based art over the past century, the way that people train and practice kata has changed. As recently as the mid-20th Century CE, kata were regularly taught differently to […]
Karate’s Wooden Dummy: The Kakiya/Kakete-Biki
Most martial artists have seen the so-called “Wing Chun dummy,” which is actually called a muk yan jong in Cantonese, or mu ren zhuang in Mandarin, meaning “wooden man post.” This training tool was widely popularized by Bruce Lee and, more recently, the Ip Man series of movies, starting Donnie Yen. While these dummies were developed for Chinese martial arts, […]
KishimotoDi Revisited: Exploring the Shuri-Te Roots of Okinawan Karate
On February 4th, 2020, Ulf Karlsson landed in Phoenix, AZ for the first time in nearly 6 years. For those who are unaware, Ulf Karlsson is the foremost expert (outside of Okinawa) in the rare style of Shuri-Te called KishimotoDi, and is the only person to be granted a Shihan license in the art by the Bugeikan on Okinawa. On […]
Sport Karate Formats
As most people know, karate comes in many different flavors, and each flavor has its own variations. There are countless karate organizations, styles, and sub-styles, and each has its own take on the art. The vast majority of these are, in some way, involved in sport karate, to some degree. While it tends to be quite easy to look at […]
Catch Wrestling Seminar with Coach John Potenza
On Saturday, October 12th, 2019, I attended a Catch Wrestling (Catch-As-Catch-Can) seminar with John Potenza of the Old School Grappling Catch Wrestling Association (LINK), which was hosted by Ed Morales of NAK Martial Arts in Gilbert, AZ (LINK). For those who are unfamiliar with Catch Wrestling/Catch-As-Catch-Can (LINK), it is a no-gi folkstyle submission grappling art that was founded in England […]
