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 […]
Karate is about discipline and respect. Shotokan Karate etiquette in the Dojo, is where it all begins. Master Gichin Funakoshi, who was the founder of shotokan karate, said, ‘karate begins and ends with courtesy’. Karate etiquette varies from karate dojo to dojo, but the points below should give you an understanding of a traditional karate […]
In the video below we will look at using dynamic distance control. This is excellent drill for working on balance between commitment and control and getting good at it proves that one does not exclude the other. The basic question it asks is if you are able to adapt during those 0.2 second needed for […]
In the video below we will look at using direct attack to engage the opponent. In general the defender facing the attack has two different options: staying engaged while moving forward, backward, sideways, remaining in place or – disengage by moving away from the attacker in any direction. While the first group of options allows […]
Being too eager to respond to opponent’s action, whether it means the attack or block that is too early, gives the other side strategic advantage. Video below this article What it means is that initiating (attacking) side can invest less energy in order to receive more energy from blocking side in return. In other words […]
