How to Find More Time for Your Karate Training

How to Find More Time for Your Karate Training

Finding time for karate training can be a challenge for many people in today’s fast-paced world, but with some thoughts, planning, and prioritization, it is possible to carve out dedicated time for your practice. This post covers some strategies to help you find...
Best Fighting Stance: Going Beyond Physical Form

Best Fighting Stance: Going Beyond Physical Form

“What is the best fighting stance?” is a common question that karate practitioners and other martial artists have. In this article, we cover the characteristics of a good fighting stance, what fighting stance you should adopt in street fights vs...
How to Build a Strong Fighter Body

How to Build a Strong Fighter Body

Building a strong body should be an essential part of a karateka’s training program. No matter how good your techniques are, at the end of the day, size and strength do matter a lot in a fight. This post covers six types of training that can help you build a...
What Is Kiai and How Should You Do It?

What Is Kiai and How Should You Do It?

This post covers what kiai is, its purposes, whether it can improve the power of your techniques, and how you should do it in your kihon, karate, and kumite practice. What is kiai? Kiai (気合) is a shout, scream or battle cry that martial artists make when they perform...
Why Is Kihon So Important in Karate?

Why Is Kihon So Important in Karate?

To many people (especially beginners), kihon training in karate is boring and they would rather work on kata which is way more interesting or kumite which is practical and a lot more fun and they can see some value in it. In this post, I will argue that kihon is the...