Punchbag training is excellent to work on developing power in your karate strikes and it’s great fun A powerful kick that was made famous by Bruce Lee, he used to call side thrust kick, ‘the stop kick’. In the film, Enter The Dragon, there is an excellent example of Bruce Lee combining the thrust kick […]
The Karate Stretch This is one of the most neglected parts of karate practice and it is a part of karate that a karateka ignores at their peril. (stretching video at the bottom of this article)Not only is stretching healthy, it also helps prevent injury during karate classes. Stretching should be practiced before and after […]
The Karate Stretch This is one of the most neglected parts of karate practice and it is a part of karate that a karateka ignores at their peril. (stretching video at the bottom of this article)Not only is stretching healthy, it also helps prevent injury during karate classes. Stretching should be practiced before and after […]
Video at the bottom of this page where we look at shomen hanmi and the use of the legs, whilst punching kizami-zuki and gyaku-zuki. Kizami-zuki and gyaku-zuki from front stance. Shomen and hanmi are an essential part of shotokan karate, but sometimes it takes a little while to understand. There are different explanations of shomen […]
