Complete and Correct Karate Instruction
As traditional karate instructors, we are honor-bound to teach our art using the most complete and correct karate instruction manner possible. Doing anything else is […]
As traditional karate instructors, we are honor-bound to teach our art using the most complete and correct karate instruction manner possible. Doing anything else is […]
The Okinawan term “Chinquchi” deals with the concept of proper body management. In the world of karate, that means coordinating the use of the body’s various muscle groups through the proper order and timing of muscle contraction and relaxation (dynamic tension) during the execution of any given technique.
Generally speaking, in karate we are defending ourselves from an attacker … meaning the attack is already underway. In the street, I am not really concerned about winning. I am much more concerned with not losing.
The fastest block in the world does you no good if it is there and gone before the punch arrives.
Isshin-ryu is a blend of hard and soft? Way back in 1983, when I first started training in Isshin-ryu, I was told that it is […]
A Great Isshin-ryu Karate Exercise. The in-line stance drill is a great little drill that teaches the practitioner to break the line of attack and […]
Remembering Sensei Harrill on his Birthday Today would have been Sensei Sherman Harrill’s 76th birthday. I sometimes wonder how many folks truly realize just how […]
So, what does a rusty Ford tractor have to do with karate? Well, nothing really. But then again, everything. Hey, that’s kind of like a […]
I first met Sensei Roy Loveday in 1983 at Wheeler’s School of Karate in Powell, TN. It was at the same time I first met […]
If two hands meet in the air, can you “suddenly enter?” This post is a continuation of the thread started in my last post, No […]