A Lovely Day to Train
I hope everyone is safe and keeping well. In today’s post I wanted to say how much I enjoyed training this morning. It was a …
Karate-do Nyumon Table of Contents
As I mentioned in my earlier post I am in the process of checking, editing and formatting Mabuni Kenwa’s and Nakasone Genwa’s 1938 book, Karate-do …
Books on Kojo-ryu – Part 2
In February 2007, I met and interviewed Fujiwara Ryozo. Mr. Fujiwara was the owner of a an office building in Daikanyama at that time, and …
Updates & Inspiring Words from Mabuni Kenwa
Just a bit of housekeeping today. First, I’ve been updating “The Study of China Hand” by Itoman Morinobu so it is currently unavailable, but after …
Books on Kojo-ryu – Part 1
For the next few posts I have translated a series of posts from the Okinawa Den Kojo-ryu Karate-do Rinsankai blog site run by Kachinparts. He …
Guest Post by Kyle Duske: Motobu Choki & the Boxer
Despite the difficulties and challenges that we all face during the pandemic of Covid-19, I am still happily surprised at the resilience of human beings …
Karate & Longevity
Unexpected barometer of life expectancy! You can determine your risk of death by your grip strength! On NHK’s “Tameshite Gatten” program, it seems that data …