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...
Category: Kihon
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...
A simple straight punch (choku tsuki) can tell a lot about you as a karateka because delivering a good punch with decent power is not easy. It requires a good understanding of body mechanics and...
We practice "chambering" a lot in karate including in kihon, kata, and basic kumite drills. But when we practice jyu kumite or freestyle sparring, "chambering" seems to go out the window and we...
This one tip backed by science will massively improve your progress in karate without the need to increase your training time. I came across this technique when I was at university and applied it...
Soto uke (also called soto ude uke) is a basic Shotokan block. Although simple, soto uke is a very often used technique to deal with various kinds of middle level attacks. This post will...