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...
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If you train in karate or in any other martial arts, you probably have often seen martial art instructors with big bellies and are puzzled about this phenomenon like I do. They train regularly and...
This post gives you seven cardio karate workouts that you can use to improve your heart health, endurance, and overall fitness and potentially burn off some extra calories to lose unwanted fat....
If you are thinking of taking up karate to lose some excess fat, you will be disappointed because the chance of it helping you lose weight is pretty small. Karate can help a small minority of...
Strength training is important for your karate because it helps build a stronger and healthier body, increase the power and speed of your techniques, build an iron body that can withstand heavy hits,...
The IOGKF has been split into two organizations: the existing IOGKF with the same operating structure but fewer members and a newly set up TOGKF led by Sensei Morio Higaonna based in Okinawa....