No Respect
When I started Karatedo practice in the early 1980s, my seniors at the time told…
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November 20, 2021
Tough Love (厳しい)
I'm dismayed at some Kurodee schools that are run as little more than fitness clubs.…
November 16, 2021
Who Do you Practice for?
For Karateka and Kobudoka who have been training for a number of years, practice should…
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September 19, 2021
Yoshimura sensei & Justin practicing Bo vs. Eku
Karate: Shout it loud & Wide!
I am happy that I have been able to release Mabuni and Nakasone's An Introduction…
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June 26, 2021
Shihan-itis
I was on LINE with my Kobudo teacher, Yoshimura sensei (that his photo above), this…
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March 2, 2021
Yoshimura Hiroshi Sensei
Remembering Minowa Katsuhiko
Today I reflected on my Kobudo teacher Minowa Katsuhiko who passed away on this day…
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January 12, 2021
Taira Shinken (L) & Minowa Katsuhiko (R)
Karate & Kobudo
Another video from Chinen Shinzo showing a man practicing in his garden in the 1970s:…
November 21, 2020
Monomane: Tou’on-ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo
Oscar Wilde is quoted as saying, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” It seems there is no shortage of Karateka and Kobudoka demonstrating kata they clearly never had any formal instruction in. It seems that when they post these videos, the teaching of humility conveniently vanished; or maybe it was never taken to heart in the first place. (more…)
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November 4, 2020
With my teacher Minowa Katsuhiko