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A central Shotokan Karate Blog with contributing authors from around the world.

• Added on: Sep 22nd, 2009
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: MyShotokan
• Listed in: Sports Military
• Tags: martial arts dojo karate shotokan childrens karate karate programs

Recent Posts

• Kicking in Shotokan Karate, and Kicking for Self Defense in General

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 19:12 in dojo, karate, arizona, shotokan, phoenix, sensei, chuck norris, karate training, shotokan karate, karate basics, japan karate association, personal karate blog

  Most kicking in traditional, pre-Funakoshi Okinawa, including kicking in the Okinawan versions of the kata, were low kicks.That makes some sort of sense to me. For actual self defense, kicking high is just a bad idea, according to experts (and recall...

• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 13:14 in dojo, karate, arizona, shotokan, phoenix, sensei, karate training, shotokan karate, karate basics, japan karate association, personal karate blog, arizona karate association

  While Gichen Funakoshi experimented with protective sparring equipment, that was later decided to be a failed experiment, and thereafter sparring was done wearing white pajamas and not much else. Over time, fist protectors came to be accepted, so fis...

• Choosing a good breakfast

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 04:05 in life, diet, fitness, health, training, Fat, personal training, karate, random thoughts, shotokan, breakfast, body fat

  In my list of 10 simple food rules to live by, rule #2 is “Always have a good breakfast every day.” So is your breakfast a good or bad one? I just stumbled across this Which? report on the top 100 Breakfast cereals (click here to down...

• The Journey towards Shodan

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 03:43 in England, karate, shotokan, selby, north yorkshire, karate training, shotokan karate, karate club, karate basics, shotokan events, karate belt testing, karate dojo blog

  It’s a “Long and winding road” to attain shodan, below are a few photos of Dom on his journey. Above : March 2005 – The early years Above: Dom with Bex looking very young in October 2005 Above : Wiggington November 2006 A...

• Training Workshop 10th January

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 07:44 in Ireland, karate, general announcements, karate training, shotokan karate, karate club, shotokan dojo, karate basics, co. kerry, killorglin, shotokan kata, shotokan events

  Please be informed that Sensei Charles intends to run a training workshop on the 10th of January 2010 at 12 h00 in the Killorglin sports complex. The workshop will consist of 4 hours of karate training. Sensei Charles will do his best to bring to you...

• 2010 Grading Dates

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 07:37 in Ireland, karate, classes, general announcements, karate training, shotokan karate, karate club, shotokan dojo, karate basics, co. kerry, killorglin, shotokan kata

  Kerry Shotokan Karate School hopes to conduct gradings on the following dates. These dates are only providional and may change slightly but we will endeavour to stay as close as possible to these. Feb 19th 2010 June 11th 2010 October 29th 2010....

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