Heian Nidan Kata Video Tutorial below this article Taken from our 8th Kyu Red belt karate examination. https://www.shotokankarateonline.com/our-karate-community-memberships/ Heian Nidan is the second kata of 5 in the 5 Heian Kata series. The second Heian kata has several simultaneous block and strike techniques, it has side snap kick and front kick.  Heian Nidan is more […]

Early records of martial arts go as far back as the Egyptians in about 3000BC!The Chinese emperor Shi-Huang-Di (221-206 BC), was buried with more than 7,000 life-size terracotta figures, which included horses and soldiers to guard him in the afterlife, some of the unarmed soldiers are clearly in some sort of martial arts fighting stances. […]

It’s all down to you Reaching the coveted Black Belt can be accomplished quite quickly, but is entirely down to the individual and also the results can sometimes be very confusing and not make sense at all, let me explain…..If someone is practicing once per week and someone else is practicing three times per week, […]

Kiai 気合 is a Japanese term used in karate for a short spirited shout, that is used to focus energy when performing an attacking or defending move. The term kiai is a combination of Ki (life force), and Ai (meaning to blend or harmonize). These are just my views on the karate kiai, I am […]

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