ActionKarateArts.com http://actionkaratearts.com Traditional Karate Training for a Modern World! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fear the Blade! Defense Against Knife Attack http://actionkaratearts.com/uncategorized/fear-the-blade-defense-against-knife-attack/ http://actionkaratearts.com/uncategorized/fear-the-blade-defense-against-knife-attack/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:51:40 +0000 Marc G. http://actionkaratearts.com/?p=1143 It is amazing that, while most who are attacked with an edged weapon survive, it is still the one violent attack that tends to scare people the most.  There are several possible reasons for this…among them: amount of VISIBLE injury (i.e. slasher film effect), close range of the attack (personal space is instinctive) or viciousness of attacker.  But, in spite of this almost

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Is the practice of karate an “unholy” thing?  Well, obviously this would depend entirely on whether or not you as an individual are a religious person…if so, what are the specific tenants of your religious faith.  Myself, being a Christian, makes the question: “Is my karate training an un-Christian thing?”

I had

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]]> http://actionkaratearts.com/why-we-train/a-karate-religious-crusade/feed/ 3 The True Kata Applications…Part 3 http://actionkaratearts.com/traditional-karate/the-true-kata-applications-part-3/ http://actionkaratearts.com/traditional-karate/the-true-kata-applications-part-3/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:43:38 +0000 Marc G. http://actionkaratearts.com/?p=901 It’s interesting how extreme some people can get when talking about an abstract concept…trying so passionately to debunk what they see as other peoples “misguided” ideas.  This applies to anything: politics, religion and…yes, the martial arts as well.  Here in the real world, where everyone is different, how can you have a practical training regimen

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