“I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branches or which attractive … Continue reading
“The lead jab is a ‘feeler’. It is the basis of all other blows, a loose, easy stinger. It is a whip rather than a club. Ali’s theory is to picture hitting a fly with a swatter” Bruce Lee, Tao … Continue reading
Yamaguchi was the legendary and colorful early 20th century karate master who founded the All Japan Karate-dō Gōjū-kai Karate-dō Association (which later split into the JKF Gojukai and the J.K.G.A.). Among the many famous martial artists who were influenced by his teachings … Continue reading
Very good session last night. After completing 20 min of intense warmup (or mini workout) we trained and studied sanchin and tensho katas spending over an hour analysing the moves and performing at different levels of intensity. Working drills in … Continue reading
Last week we had three very good classes exploring new drills. As usual, we started the class with an intense warm-up / workout. Although karate classes must be focused in, precisely, karate, I believe body conditioning is an essential part … Continue reading
Congratulations to Westley Horner on his orange belt, which he passed with flying colours after a very good and hard training/grading session tonight: started with hard warm out, we covered basic kihon, kihon ido, drills and geikisai ichi numerous times. … Continue reading
Awesome session tonight covering fundamental seiwakai kihon. We always start the class with a good quality warm-up. Punishing and conditioning the body. Good fitness is a must! Learning how to punch from the toes all the way up to the … Continue reading
Congratulations to Brad Candy for passing his Seiwakai Goju-Ryu blue belt last Sunday at the Oxford Karate Academy and graded by Shihan Paul Coleman. Brad has been training with me for just under three years and I’m delighted to see … Continue reading