Jion Temple
Lately I have been focusing by practice on the kata Yabu no Jion and appreciate its simplicity and directness compared to other Karate kata. As …
Minowa no Suruchin
I enjoy practicing Kobudo and Karate in the morning by myself so I can polish and work through techniques. True it’s probably not enough time, …
Cain & Abel
The other day I was thinking about the quagmire that is the legacy of Higaonna Kanryo’s Karate and that of his best-known student, Miyagi Chojun, …
Thoughts on Nepai – Nipaipo – Nijuhachiho
The kata Nepai was once an obscure kata found only in two Karate-do systems, namely Shito-ryu and Tou’on-ryu. Yet over the last twenty years or …
Yabu no Jion
A long while back I was talking to a friend about Yabu no Jion. This friend, in case you’re wondering, is the only other non-Japanese …
Happy Birthday Sensei – Kanzaki Shigekazu
April 22 would have marked Kanzaki sensei’s 94th birthday. Thinking about sensei this day, many good memories come to mind. Initially, I was going to …
Amami Sumo
I lived on Amami Oshima for three years learning Ryukyu Kobudo and Uechi ryu from Minowa sensei and Yoshimura sensei. While I lived there I …
Adventures in Tou’on-ryu V
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