Iaido and Karate – Two Sides of the Same Coin
It never ceases to amaze me when I am told that one Martial Art is totally different to another. With some minor variations, human bodies are very similar. There is […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
The By-Product Myth
“Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.” - Epictetus A good place […]
Life is a sport. Make it count.
When Nike hired director Casey Neistat and editor Max Joseph to make an advertisement for the Nike FuelBand (an athletic-performance tracking device), the Oregon-based company expected the pair to hunker […]
FSRI Video: Throws, Pins & Escapes
The Fight Sciences Research Institute is a collective of experienced martial artists who are interested in adapting practical fighting and self protection skills to the types of violence that an […]
Practical Kata Bunkai: Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan
Naihanchi (or Naifanchi/Tekki Shodan) is a karate Kata, performed in straddle stance. It translates to ‘internal divided conflict’. The form makes use of in-fighting techniques (i.e. tai sabaki (whole body movement)) and grappling. In Shorin-Ryu and […]
Okinawan Karate & Judo documentaries
Nicholas Pettas (born January 23, 1973 in Mykonos) is a Greek-Danish karateka, former heavyweight kickboxer and actor, who fought out of Team Sprit AE in Tokyo, Japan. Pettas mainly competed […]
Karate ni Sente Nashi: What the Masters Had to Say
Perhaps no Japanese phrase is more familiar to karate practitioners around the world than “karate ni sente nashi.” Typically translated as, “There is no first attack in karate,” this maxim […]
Be Wary of Concussions
There were only two combatants involved, but it took eight of us to break up the fight without hurting anyone, four officers, three security guards, and myself. Once we got […]
