Once decision is made, there is no mind in the technique, no hesitation, win or lose one must give everything. When we can apply this concept and give everything, the mind is clear, there is no more judgment, and paradoxically we can become more sensitive, more intuitive, and more aware when we try less. There […]
Ho Shin – Give Your Mind Away. Also, Learn to Use Your Full Muscles Potential Read More »
Todome- It is reasonable to say that if 120 lb of mass hits the biggest, strongest man, as one connected, dense mass, with sufficient speed it will be a knock down or make big damage. Well, this is Todome, in karate we study through generations the details and means of how to connect the whole
Toddle, Mai and Footwork. Components That Make Karate Most Effective as Self-Defense Read More »
At high level when 2 people are facing each other, there is no random movement, everything is purposeful. Not only there are no random techniques but there is no unnecessary movement in the interaction. When we are advanced it is not only that the technique is stronger and one can produce more force with less
Ruven Sharf who is European and US Champion and trained and taught at my dojo for 10 years is visiting from Israel to train here. Ruven told me this great analogy between F-16, karate and high level movement, that he heard from his Alexander technique teacher (Meir Amit) who I took a lot of lessons
People practice karate for different reasons, there are those who like to master it as a martial art, others for fitness, or sport, some like the character cultivation aspect of it and some simply enjoy it. All these reasons are true and of great value. The original role of karate was to destroy opponent’s offense
Sensei Nishiyama used to tell us that often when we spar: “Once you go, give everything, don’t stop till finish”. I think that because we focus so much on finishing technique (todome), karate people have tendency to stop after one technique, but it is not always possible to catch the opponent with one action. Sometimes
We work hard to develop good, effective weapons in basics and kata training, but it is equally important to learn how to use those weapons, and it is through using timing and distance properly that can make effective use of our techniques. Try to be at a distance that you can give threat to opponent,
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Sensei Nishiyama once told me that we refer to training karate as Keiko rather than training as in other sports. The word Keiko is comprised of two characters that mean ‘to think’ and ‘the past’, and together they mean to train and study the teaching of the past. this is profound in meaning, we need
Firm and soft/fluid are complimentary not contradictory. Firm to allow energy transfer. We have to be firm for the energy to transfer smoothly through the kinetic chain. Rigidity will block the flow, being too loose will cause us to be disconnected and also interfere with the flow of energy from segment to segment. We are
Whenever Sensei was teaching a seminar he used to describe karate technique: “the whole body must cooperate to one direction”, or “even (if) one finger moves, feet make top technique.”, than he used to say “total energy must be delivered in shortest amount of time”, or else he used to say: “karate is not arms
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