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Lesson 1 Have Vincent’s Attitude! Then Hit Fast Hit Hard Hit With Accuracy, But Most Of All Hit With Intent
Ask a boxer, thai boxer or mixed martial artist if they hit with intent!They will give you a bemused lookBecause if the do not strike with intent, it’s all over! Originally, karate was ALL about fighting and self defense. 200 years ago the world was a very different place, peoples lives would be in danger […]
Shotokan Karate – Which Is More Important – Spirit or Technique?
I believe Seishin (spirit) to be one of the most important aspects of karate practice. Technique is also important, but if someone has no spirit, their karate is just like a dance, it does not matter how good the technique is, if there is no spirit, there is no karate! Sometimes your spirit is all […]
Learning Karate – How to Kill Or How to Live?
People learning karate today have a massive amount of content available online, some good, some not so good. in this article I would like to talk about attitude when the proverbial Doo Doo really hits the fan. The founder of shotokan karate, Master Gichin Funakoshi, said, ‘The ultimate aim of the art of Karate lies […]