The Legacy of Kobudo is a Living Destiny – Dojo Visit 3
Bunbukan, General Headquarters of the Okinawa Traditional Kobudo Preservation Society, Mr. Masahiro Nakamoto (Holder of Intangible Cultural Asset of Okinawa Prefecture) Kobudo is my life. …
History
Uehara Takenobu “There is no End to Karate”
Sixty Years of Training, Growing Everyday [Dojo Visit, 1] Karate is for training the mind. If you continue to train, you will acquire a strong …
Gohaku-ryu
Apologies for not posting anything for a while but I am still chipping away at Karate-do Nyumon. The problems…err….challenges… of pre-war Karate books are many …
The Story of Chinese Boxing
I translated this article about Uechi-ryu founder Uechi Kanbun several years ago, but am reposting it here as readers may find it interesting. It was …
The Importance of Knowing other Styles
I am still chipping away at translating Mabuni and Nakasone’s Karate-do Nyumon and wanted to share the following few paragraphs on Karate “styles”. I find …
How many Sesan do you need to make a style?
Kanzaki sensei performing Kanyu no Sesan kata From time to time Kanzaki sensei would recollect to me about his time learning Tou’on-ryu from Kyoda Juhatsu …
Joe Swift Interview
Things are slowly returning to normal in some places and I’m happy to see that, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for Karateka …
Tou’on-ryu – Olde Style Kume Village Boxing
I sometimes get emails asking me how Tou’on-ryu differs from Goju-ryu. These questions can range from the technical and mechanical, and into the philosophical.