It's tough for us to remember what it was like starting something new as a child. The strange people, the strange surroundings, the...
Practical Tips for Beginner Sparring
Breaking into sparring can be intimidating. If you're joining a martial art school for the first time and you've never so much as thrown a...
Goals (Now with Color Pictures)
I have an extensive commute to and from work these days: 1 and 1/2 hours. During that time, I enjoy/have to muscle through a lot of talk...
How to Begin Your Kata Immersion
Kata training is crucial to success in many traditional martial arts. It teaches muscle memory for technique, proper balance, theory of...
Enhance Your Bunkai – Scenario Thinking
Bunkai is a critical part of traditional kata training. In kata, a person learns a series of techniques strung together to form fighting...
Sanchin and Seisan – Analysis of Two Elusive Kata
In Okinawa Kenpo lineage, we practice both Sanchin and Seisan kata. Anybody who has trained in them realizes quickly that these are very...
Meeting the Mythbusters
I guess there are some perks to being a part-time freelance writer. Also to being a huge nerd. On April 22, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara...
Welcome to IkigaiWay.com!
Welcome to Ikigai, Blogging the Martial Way! This is a website created by Matthew Apsokardu. The point of this blog will be to offer a...
