Martial Mayhem for a Good Cause!
On Saturday, October 30th, a group of martial artists got together at the Beulah United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, for a day of martial […]
On Saturday, October 30th, a group of martial artists got together at the Beulah United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, for a day of martial […]
Combat functionality taken to the max! According to Ret. U.S.M.C. MSgt. Arcenio J Advincula, the Flesheater is the ultimate combat fighting knife, a masterful blend […]
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 […]
I read once that a karate kata could be called a dance of death Now, I am not talking about some of the highly sensational […]
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 […]
Karate is for self-defense only. The popular interpretation of this guiding principle of karate is that karate is for self-defense only. And there is absolutely […]
I hadn’t gotten too far along on my Isshin-ryu Karate journey when I heard rumors of something called Master Tatsuo Shimabuku’s “Secret Scrolls of Kumite.” […]