My karate club held an early Xmas party on Saturday in a small, local brewery. Yes, that's right, we had a p---up in a brewery! Adults only of...

I have two separate gradings coming up on the weekend of the 5 th and 6 th December. On the Saturday I am grading for 2 ndkyu in karate and on the...

When I set out to write this post I was planning to explore the concept of kime. This was a word I have heard banded around a lot but only vaguely...

The kataAnnanku (often spelt Ananku or even Annunko ) represents a fairly pivotal point in the Shukokai karate style that I am following. It is the...

Many of you will no doubt have already read the interview with Forrest Morgan over on Ikigai's blog. This was a real coup for Matt and he certainly...