Isshin - Concentration the Art
Ongoing thoughts on my martial studies and interests, which encompass almost everything.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Training Awareness and Selling a Technique
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As an instructor you see various repeated experiences over the years. Ones such as places where a certain percentage of students begin to ch...
Discovering what is inside
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You have to open a rock to really see what is inside. It works the same way with kata.
When facing a sudden attack
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Thinking this morning of facing a really violent attack where the opponent starts moving towards you. Either with a straight strike, a h...
Monday, December 29, 2025
How I was taught light contact fighting
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This is what light contact felt like every class, when I was trained by Charles Murray from 1977 to 1979. That does look like us. ...
Thoughts on taking a breath
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Overall over the years I have developed a deeper understanding of breathing in karate. There are a number of separate issues here. ...
The art of studying kata movement application using the forearm
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I start with kata as being an energy development study, where your practice intensifies and your ability to bind the energies used becomes...
The Karate Certificate and its meaning.
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When I was a student with each promotion I received a new certificate of that promotion. Personally I just accumulated them, espec...
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