Interesting Karate Articles

Hara Breathing

Hara as Body Armor

(please read the Hara article first) 

Kamae

Kime

Zanshin

Breathing

Rhythm

Pivoting

Shotokan Myth #1:

Hikite to create a powerful punch (by Shihan K. Yokota)

Shotokan Myth #2:

Hangetsu - a missing link to Naha-Te Karate

Shotokan Myth #3:

Silent Kiai

Shotokan Myth #4:

Must we really return to the starting point in our kata?

Shotokan Myth #5:

Kime

Shotokan Myth #6:

Makiwara Training

Shotokan Myth #7:

Snapback Mae Geri

Are we practicing Bujutsu or Budo? Does it matter?

Interview with Shihan Yokota

(by Shaun Brown)