kyokushin


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 […]

Rika Usami performing kata in a sport karate tournament

My Visit to Wah Dojo

    Myself with Evergrey at Wah Dojo   Some of my readers may be familiar with Evergrey, the author of the old Crazy Kyokushin Chick blog. I connected with her through that blog, but we have kept up on Facebook over the years. Last week, I had to travel to her neck of the woods for work, so she […]


Cross-Training in California

Last week I had to go to Santa Monica, CA for work. It was a three day trip, which interfered with my normal training schedule although it was really cool because I had all my gear from Survival Cooking when I went camping outdoors, and I knew I was going to be eating less-than-ideal food so it was important for […]


Kyokushin Class 1

Last night I went to Aikido of Scottsdale where I worked out with a local Kyokushin karate club that shares that dojo.  The Sensei is, I believe, a Nidan (2nd degree blackbelt) but I’m afraid I can’t remember his name, so I am sorry about that–I am very bad with names!  When we first met at the dojo I was […]