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Stepping on Toes

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Recently, there was a UFC event here in Phoenix, which was headlined by a very competitive fight between Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic. In one of the earlier fights during that event, a minor thing happened that caused some interesting discussion on some MMA forums. One of the fighters stepped on the foot of his opponent. Normally, this would […]

Review: Paul Enfield’s Ashi-Waza Video Notes DVD 1

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Taira Masaji, Kudan, Hanshi – Photo courtesy of Chris Wilson’s “Karate Masters Portrait Project” Taira Masaji Sensei is a Kudan (9th Degree Black Belt) in Okinawan Goju-Ryu, formerly of the Jundokan, and a student of the late Miyazato Eiichi Sensei. He is a fast, fluid, powerful karateka, and he is renowned for his kata bunkai (analysis). If you’ve never seen […]