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Is the practice of kata, or more specifically its fighting applications, an out-dated relic of a training method that can be replaced with a philosophy of “more sweat, less thought” or even discarded altogether? Or, is it possible that in many cases in the modern dojo (or dojang) there is a lack of the collective Continue reading The True Kata Applications…Part 2 I put together this bunch of clips so I could get a look at how different forms of karate executed a basic take-down (nage- waza in Jananese). When I started training (many, many moons ago), it was in Shotokan Karate. And, being a very hard Japanese style (Okinawan origins), it focused almost exclusively on the linear techniques. Continue reading The KARATE Ground and Pound! What makes a “new style” of karate anyway? Is there such a thing as an old one? Does it matter if it’s old or new? These kinds of questions give me a headache sometimes. Partly, because they sound like a pair of 6-year–olds arguing over whether or not Superman could beat up The Hulk. But, Continue reading Well…Don’t We ALL Have Style! 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? |
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