fist

Training Harder, Fist Photos and the New Dojo 2

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The more reading that I do about martial arts, and traditional karate in particular, the more I want to train. That is not to say that I haven’t wanted to train more, already, but the feeling is certainly stronger.  I find myself practicing and exercising outside of the dojo even more often, and when I am at the dojo I […]

Making a Fist 4

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A standard balled fist The balled fist is a fairly standard tool in martial arts and it is a fairly natural method for forming your hand to strike someone.  That doesn’t mean it is the only method, or even necessarily the best method.  I would like to introduce two other methods–Shuri-ken and tate-ken.  The word ken we know to be […]