Introduction to Conditioning In karate, the word “conditioning” tends to be used in two ways–as it relates to fitness and as it relates to toughness. Each aspect is more or less important depending on why you train, but both have…
You Don’t Do Deep Stances? Recently I got a lot of comments on my YouTube channel because I have higher stances than many karate schools. These were called “bad” and “incorrect”, so I would like to talk about it. I do…
This article is the class notes for 10/19/2011. It contains: 1) Makiwara 2) Shin Conditioning 3) Two Handed Touch Game 4) Single Handed Touch Game 5) Seiza Game
The makiwara (literally “wrapped straw”) post is an iconic piece of karate training equipment that has a little bit of mystery behind it. Most often you will hear people talking about using it to toughen their knuckles, but that is…
“Your fingers and the tips of your toes must be like arrows, your arms must be like iron.” – Chosin Chibana Most karateka these days, though not all, certainly, will not be training their fingers and toes to be like…
