Movement

Body Mechanics, Karate, Karate Basics, Karate Training, Kata, Movement, Okinawan Karate, Practical Karate, Self-Protection, Stances, Traditional Karate

The Shape Is Not the Lesson

June 26, 2026

A stance should serve the body and the movement, not an arbitrary measurement. Everyone starts the same way in karate.

Bunkai, Karate History, Karate Philosophy, Karate Principles, Karate Training, Kata Application, Movement, Practical Karate, Sabaki, Sankukai, Self-Defense, Yoshinao Nanbu

Before I Knew the Word “Sabaki”

June 12, 2026

How early lessons in movement shaped my karate long before I had the vocabulary to describe them. Before I knew