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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 Continue reading Fear the Blade! Defense Against Knife Attack 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 Continue reading The True Kata Applications…Part 3 There is an old saying: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” There is a lot of truth there. But, in some instances, there is another dimension to that ideal. While there is nothing inherently immoral or evil Continue reading Karate Is Like Fishing…Or Not In his Twenty Precepts, Gichin Funakoshi (founder of Shoto-Kan Karate) said “There is no first strike in karate.” It was number 2 in the list; second only to “Karate begins with courtesy and ends with respect.” It is fairly easy to see how important both of these ideas were in his estimation given the fact Continue reading Karate, What Is (or Isn’t) an Attack? In a world of guns, bombs and chemical warfare it is very difficult to imagine an item such as a wooden stick or even a knife being considered a formidable weapon. But, in the proper, well trained hands, a traditional weapon (like those of the art of Kobudo) can be very effective indeed in face-to-face Continue reading Kobudo: Traditional Weapons in a Modern World One of the most traditional elements in karate training is the practice of Kata. This repetitive practice of patterned movements is almost universal throughout the martial arts world. They have been used for generations as a teaching tool both in secret (pre-WWII Okinawa) and openly (modern dojos) to improve students’ technical skills, increase physical strength/stamina Continue reading Kata Training: Winning the Fight in Your Mind It is a debate that has raged back and forth between karate traditionalists and sportsmen for YEARS; and has become as cliché in training circles as “Which came first…the chicken or the egg?” What good are the traditional blocks when competition parry blocks are much faster and more easily delivered? Traditional blocks, in most styles Continue reading Are You Here to Play…or to Fight!? I read a forum earlier and one of the posts was asking about the time required training to get a black belt. The poster was new to training and was just curious if it was the same amount of time at other schools and styles as his own. This was an innocent enough question by Continue reading Should MY Black Belt Mean Anything to You? |
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