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How to make progress... 27 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
To understand karatedo you must march to sound of a different drummer When was the last time you had an original thought about karate? When was the last time you worked something out for yourself? ...
How to fight? 24 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
Me, on the wrong end of an exchange with Keiji Tomiyama sensei: c1978 There's a conversation going on in the karate world about the necessity of sparring: Jiyu kumite. Some people believe it...
What's in a word? 21 Aug 2013 | 09:59 am
A full moon over the dojo last night The temperature dropped to -3c last night, this morning the dojo was freezing! Spring is trying to nudge the last of winter out of the way; the sooner it does the...
You Alone...... 16 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
In quiet contemplation, I pay my respects at the grave of my teacher When you study karate, or anything else for that matter, there comes a time when you have to take responsibility for yourself. Ei...
Mushin no Kokoro 6 Aug 2013 | 10:55 am
When the sun goes down, my world grows still I'm not sure if we (humans) are hard-wired to attach ourselves to things: ideas, objects, people, practises? Maybe somewhere along our evolutionary path w...
You Know You're in a Cult when....... 3 Aug 2013 | 03:58 pm
Culture...or cult? I've been looking around at some of the literature (?) put out by a number of the larger commercial karate organizations these days, and I noticed something quite sinister, there i...
A Great New Initiative 28 Jul 2013 | 07:06 pm
Thanks to the 'Remebering Okinawa' website for the use of the photo I think my opinion on the recent trend of seminars for foreigners in Okinawa is well known by now. I have nothing against these sem...
The difficulty of just being... 22 Jul 2013 | 06:59 pm
What stops certain people entering a dojo? At the door to the Shinseidokan dojo a Shisa stands guard, ready to repel evil spirits and keep the dojo clear for those who want to engage in something who...
The (karate) World We Live In... 17 Jul 2013 | 07:12 pm
After training recently Whenever visitors to the Shinseidokan arrive, they usually have a few stories to tell about their karate....strangely enough, the stories are often very similar. The names cha...
The "K" has gone away.... 14 Jul 2013 | 07:16 pm
Lord knows how much it cost to come up with this rubbish! Well....not anymore it isn't. The WKF's latest bid to get karate into the Olympics has fallen flat, in spite of all the money that has been s...
