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...
Category: KIHON
Competing in karate tournaments offers numerous benefits that can make your karate better. Your technical ability, your kata, your fighting skills, and your instructing capability can all improve...
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...
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...