The Open Hand Notebook

More Than a Block: One Movement, Many Uses.

NOV 21, 2025

Good Teachers Are Measured by What They Inspire, Not What They Need to Prove.

NOV 20, 2025

Not Every Argument Is Worth Your Time – Experience Teaches You That.

NOV 19, 2025

Kihon Misunderstood: Where Tradition Ends and Practical Karate Begins.

NOV 18, 2025

Kihon done right – seeing the purpose beyond tradition.

NOV 16, 2025

Shrink the Motion, Reveal the Intent.

NOV 15, 2025

The Hardest Lesson in Karate: Unlearning What We Thought We Already Knew.

NOV 14, 2025

Beyond Fighting: Building Safety Before Darkness Arrives.

NOV 12, 2025

Standing on Shoulders of Giants: Forging a Personal Path in Karate.

NOV 11, 2025

The Problem With Modern Karate: It Isn’t Self-Defense by Default.

NOV 10, 2025

The Enduring Value of Naihanchi: The Kata I Keep Returning To.

NOV 09, 2025

Lineage, Ego, and the Myth of Inherited Skill.

NOV 06, 2025

The Map and the Mnemonic: What Kata Really Teach.

NOV 05, 2025

Before the Day Begins: Just Me, the Mats, and the Makiwara.

NOV 03, 2025

Karate ni Sente Nashi: There’s No First Attack… Or Is There?

NOV 02, 2025

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