Adventures in Tou’on-ryu Part I
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Philosophy
Geisha & Budo
I wrote this blog post several years ago and thought I would repost it as I think it is still relevant for Karateka. There was …
Quote from Aoyama Yasuo
Karate is about daily life… going to the dojo day after day, practicing without hesitation. Repeat the same movement over and over again, form it …
No I Don’t Practice How to Fight
At practice a few years ago (remember those days before Covid-19?), a new student became annoyed with himself because he wasn’t able to perform a …
No Respect
When I started Karatedo practice in the early 1980s, my seniors at the time told me that originally our dojo had no kids classes (that …
Yudantaiteki (油断大敵)
The founders of all the modern Karate-do styles placed an emphasis on humility and its importance in daily life and training (remember it’s Karate-do, not …
Tough Love (厳しい)
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The Karate Paradox
If you’re a karateka today you have more styles to choose from compared to a generation ago – even supposed family styles such as Kojo-ryu …