Isshin - Concentration the Art
Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Beginning Group Kata Study
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I found that group kata performance is a powerful way to indoctrinate students into the study of their karate. Long ago I decided to...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Sanchin from the John Lennox Book
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There are so many layers to Isshinryu ‘knowledge’ that no one discusses. When I had to move to Arizona that meant I made many choices...
Monday, March 11, 2019
Way beyond School Boy karate
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Admit it, you have all heard experts proclaim that real karate is not school boy karate. But I think it unlikely they ever consi...
Sunday, March 10, 2019
And from these roots modern Karate was born
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This photo is from the time when instruction for school kids on Okinawa was new. It was so different an idea from today. Those who...
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Take a Hint, this is what old time arts were about
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When discussions turn to the potential use of karate, an entire sub-category of lower body techniques are rarely discussed. ...
Friday, March 8, 2019
The Sai of It
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Now that I am but a shadow of my forms self, one of the things I miss most is that I am no longer able to work the Isshinryu Kub...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
The question becomes how I saw use of Kata Seisan
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I am probably going to bore you, but coming out of an era where no kata applications were studied, I became obsessive about what you cou...
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