Articles
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The Instructor a Student Remembers
Why encouragement, example and trust can matter long after the lesson is over As instructors and teachers, one of the most important and rewarding parts…
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Does Karate Inherently Improve Your Character?
Why years of training, rank and tradition do not automatically make someone a better person Character traits can certainly be built, shaped and even transformed…
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Move the Body, Not Just the Feet
Why the movement between stances matters as much as the stance itself One of the things that can happen in karate is that we become…
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The Question Behind the Kata
What kata may tell us even when their exact origins are uncertain I have sixteen kata in my standard curriculum. There could have been more,…
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Why Is Karate Taught This Way?
How the development of Karate-Do changed the way kata is taught Because this is how Traditional Karate-Do developed. If someone who knows little about karate…
