Exploring the world of classical karate and related arts. Interview with Master Hirokazu Kanazawa. Is one of the creators of the. An excellent weekly short video into one aspect of karate practice. Interviewed back in Episode 9 of the the podcast. In my case, I feel an.

My trip to Black Belt at 50. I started at age 46. By 50, I was wearing a black belt. At 52, I added a 2nd stripe. The blog was started to help me learn my kata. On my 55th birthday, due to hip problems, I sadly quit the martial arts. I continue to look for sports outlets and wrestle with food, fitness, and health.

Monday, August 10, 2015. I recently had the chance to spend the evening sipping pints of beer with an old friend of mine. Perhaps we sipped too many, but it happens. Right? My friend was bullied and beaten up many times when he was young. It is tragic, really. Awareness, my sensei used to say, is ninety percent of self-defense. But all said, and.

Monday, April 3, 2017. Bare with me, please.

The log and thoughts of a martial artist. Some of this was inspired, actually, from a few manage that I used to read. I know this is a unique and perhaps silly source from which to draw inspiration, but perhaps that is the point of inspiration. There are several levels to training that we undergo, and hopefully we continue to grow in that respect. But we must also focus on the mental training that is available to us as experienced martial artists.

Learning kata for me has always been quite formulaic. First I get to grips with the pattern step by step, turn by turn. Then I nail down the strikes and blocks. Then the little nuances of the kata that make it finished. Then the intensity and kime needed appropriate to the sections. There is a Friday evening class now specifically dedicated to kata. A great opportunity for me to see where the land lay with my kata having missed so much training.

Shorinji Kempo Tang Soo Do Iaido. Monday, 21 July 2014. I was approached by Swords of The East. The positive side to this, though, is that when you buy .

Sunday, May 19, 2013. After all this time, you decided to come back for just one more look. To see if I ever made it? For Christmas, Mrs. With gratuity for your attention,.

The JDK blog is the most contemporary online journal on Traditional Taekwondo. Training Warriors for the 21st Century. Joong Do Kwan Traditional Taekwondo cross training with Kidokwan Perth. The following is the speech I delivered. Colin receiving AKATO Instructor of the Year 2016 from GM Keith Yates. AKaTo Speech Mar 19 2016. This is the effect C.

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