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(AUG 2025)

Taking the Hit: Beyond the Bruises. Why Self-Defense Is More Than Toughness. image

Taking the Hit: Beyond the Bruises. Why Self-Defense Is More Than Toughness.

AUG 30, 2025

Functionality is Not an Addition – It Is Karate. Let’s Not Lose It. image

Functionality is Not an Addition – It Is Karate. Let’s Not Lose It.

AUG 28, 2025

The Limits of Technique: Practical Karate for the Unpredictable. image

The Limits of Technique: Practical Karate for the Unpredictable.

AUG 27, 2025

The Real Message within Kata: Action Over Reaction. image

The Real Message within Kata: Action Over Reaction.

AUG 26, 2025

Beyond the One Right Way: Avoiding Bad Habits in Karate. image

Beyond the One Right Way: Avoiding Bad Habits in Karate.

AUG 25, 2025

Rethinking ‘Uke’ in Karate: Stop Blocking, Start Understanding. image

Rethinking ‘Uke’ in Karate: Stop Blocking, Start Understanding.

AUG 24, 2025

When Students Leave: Teaching and Letting Go – Some Stay, Some Leave, Reflections on the Path of Teaching. image

When Students Leave: Teaching and Letting Go – Some Stay, Some Leave, Reflections on the Path of Teaching.

AUG 23, 2025

Beyond the Punch: Why True Self-Protection Starts in the Mind. image

Beyond the Punch: Why True Self-Protection Starts in the Mind.

AUG 22, 2025

礼儀怠るなかれ (Reigi okotaru nakare): Never neglect courtesy and etiquette. image

礼儀怠るなかれ (Reigi okotaru nakare): Never neglect courtesy and etiquette.

AUG 21, 2025

Honesty, Integrity, and Skill – What Gives a Martial Arts Title Meaning? image

Honesty, Integrity, and Skill – What Gives a Martial Arts Title Meaning?

AUG 19, 2025

If anything deserves our protection, it is the authenticity of the art, not the vanity of those who claim to own it. image

If anything deserves our protection, it is the authenticity of the art, not the vanity of those who claim to own it.

AUG 18, 2025

Honesty, Integrity, and Skill: The Measure of a Martial Artist. image

Honesty, Integrity, and Skill: The Measure of a Martial Artist.

AUG 17, 2025

Context Is Everything: Why Pic’n’Mix Doesn’t Always Meet the Goal.. image

Context Is Everything: Why Pic’n’Mix Doesn’t Always Meet the Goal.

AUG 15, 2025

The Most Underrated Skill in Martial Arts: Stop Talking. Start Listening. image

The Most Underrated Skill in Martial Arts: Stop Talking. Start Listening.

AUG 14, 2025

When Belief Becomes Dogma: The Danger of Being Certain. image

When Belief Becomes Dogma: The Danger of Being Certain.

AUG 13, 2025

Step Off the Center Line and Gain the Advantage. image

Step Off the Center Line and Gain the Advantage.

AUG 12, 2025

When Confidence Becomes a Barrier: Learning to Question Yourself. image

When Confidence Becomes a Barrier: Learning to Question Yourself.

AUG 09, 2025

What Happens After the Strike? Control Them, Don’t Let Them Control You. image

What Happens After the Strike? Control Them, Don’t Let Them Control You.

AUG 08, 2025

Labels, Myths, and the Loss of Function: The Death of Practicality? image

Labels, Myths, and the Loss of Function: The Death of Practicality?

AUG 06, 2025

Kata Without Labels: Rethinking What You See – Discovering the Function Within the Movement. image

Kata Without Labels: Rethinking What You See – Discovering the Function Within the Movement.

AUG 05, 2025

Respect Isn’t Silence. Martial Arts Without Question Is Just Obedience. image

Respect Isn’t Silence. Martial Arts Without Question Is Just Obedience.

AUG 03, 2025

Karate at Close Range: The Subtle Work of Kakie. image

Karate at Close Range: The Subtle Work of Kakie.

AUG 01, 2025

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