As we all know there are a great deal of martial arts in the world and a fair few karate styles. I recently came across a very interesting post on the differences between karate from Okinawa (an island 300 miles south of Japan from where karate originated) and Japan which Read more…
First up, it’s great to see so many people again at the club after its restart. I have been doing plenty of thinking about martial arts during the break, on various subjects. Here is something to think about when doing partner work (when that’s allowed again). The words are a Read more…
It is just common sense that if you train more you will get better at what you are doing. However, as with many things in life, it isn’t as simple as that. It is easier for me to give examples when the more training you do doesn’t lead to improvements, Read more…
On Monday 24 June 2019 we were honoured to be taught aikido at the club by Sensei Frank Burlingham and Sensei Vince Hammond along with Matthew Skazick and Lyubov Zaitseva. This was a great opportunity for us all to practice another martial art, either learning something completely new for the Read more…
Hopefully everyone at the club feels pretty safe from attack whilst living their lives and I have been thinking about why that may be. I think there are various factors in this and that it isn’t just down to thinking we are good at karate from all the training that Read more…
On 1 November the club held a grading evening and I am very pleased to say that everybody passed, mostly comfortably so, with the grading panel being very impressed with what they saw. A very well done goes to the following: Jacob Farnese – 8th kyu Kenzo Peach – 8th Read more…
Hopefully with all the training that we do and the application of sound principles in our self defence we should very rarely get struck during our sessions. Those higher grades should have practiced being attacked when they don’t know what their attacker is going to do and still avoided getting Read more…
I have recently finished reading a book entitled Flashing Steel recommended to me by John. It is about the Eishin-Ryu martial art of swordsmanship practiced by Samurai. I wasn’t reading it because I wanted to learn that particular martial art but because John had told me that it included a Read more…
This is a strange title for an article. It is something that I have been thinking about having started to read a book called Flashing Steel which is about Japanese swordsmanship. John recommended it to me, not so that I could learn how to use a sword but, because of Read more…
