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Every era of sport karate has a technique that rewrites the game. In the 2000s, that technique was the slip — the duck under an incoming ...…

Every style has its philosopher. Karate also has its fighter — and his name was Choki Motobu (1870–1944) , the founder of Motobu-Ryu . Whil...…

Every major karate style has its signature. For Wado-Ryu , it is tori — the grappling, grabbing techniques that flow straight from the samu...…

What do you do when daily training in the dojo turns into routine? For exactly those days, here is a super-training program believed to boos...…

Part 2/4: Dojo Reality vs. Seminar Dynamics Some believe Japanese instructors keep "secret techniques" for themselves while tea...…

Part 1/4: The Reality of Modern Japanese Masters Recently during training, an intriguing question came up: Do the Japanese masters themselve...…

An open conversation with Masao Kagawa, one of the most respected Shotokan masters in the world. The interview is conducted by Andrey Dormen...…

Another busy week in the karate world: continental championships wrapped up in Africa and Asia, Iran and Egypt topped their respective medal...…

He was a weak, sickly boy from an old samurai family. At 14, he started training to survive — and ended up creating one of the four great st...…

Tetsuhiko Asai (1935–2006) was one of the most brilliant technicians karate has ever produced — and the master whose vision gave rise to As...…

Chojun Miyagi (1888–1953) was the founder of Goju-Ryu, one of the world's major karate styles. Born in Naha, Okinawa, he began training...…

Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) is known around the world as the father of modern karate. Born in Shuri, Okinawa, he studied under two of the ...…