Kata

Something interesting happened to me the other day. During Kenjutsu training, we have a formal Rei (respect) ceremony before starting and...

"Soon, Sooner, Soonest" is a concept I first heard about from Bill Hayes Sensei. I would like to elaborate upon it here, using a specific...

My style, Okinawa Kenpo, has a hefty amount of kata. The late Seikichi Odo Sensei was a renowned collector of forms and worked hard to...

Here's something cool. I found this video (posted below) while hopping around on Youtube. I got caught in a classic Youtube vortex where,...

Once protected by a handful of experts, karate and the kata within are now "owned" by millions of people across the globe. Through this...

Disclaimer: Please do not read, absorb, or look at the above comic. Hello, I would like to talk about kata in a serious and mature...

Karate can be a board breakin, sweat drenchin, spirit shoutin kind of art. That's all good stuff, but it's important to remember that...

Here is something I say with confidence - martial arts can be unnerving! It's not all butt kicking and black belts, after all. While I'm...

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