Kokusai Butokukai International Martial Arts Training Camp 2015
Our friends at the Kokusai Butokukai are having their International camp this summer!
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Exercise and Martial Arts help Fight Cancer
If feeling good, having a great looking body, and boosting your energy levels aren’t good enough excuse to engage in vigorous exercise such as martial arts, a recent academic study shows that vigorous exercise confers cancer protection.
Ten Martial Arts Tips for Jump-Starting Your New Year
As the holidays are winding down and the New Year rolls around, here are ten martial arts tips to give you a jump-start on the New Year by helping boost your energy, increase your fitness level, improve your self-defense skills and sharpen your martial arts resolve:
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How to Build a Makiwara
The makiwara is a cornerstone for the martial artist. Famous Okinawan karate masters used to say that a dojo without a makiwara is not a dojo. Although sometimes misunderstood, the main purpose of makiwara training is not to build calluses on one’s knuckles and “toughen” one’s fists. Rather, the main purpose of makiwara training is
New Martial Arts Belt Ranks, December 2014
For a martial arts instructor, seeing students in our dojo grow and develop in the martial arts, and improve both as martial artists and as human beings, is one of the most satisfying experiences. Congratulations on the effort you put in, and on earning your new ranks! Ken: High Green Belt — rank of Yonkyu
Ryuei-Ryu Okinawan Karate
It was great to have Sensei Ophira Bergman visit our dojo in Carmel Valley on Thursday, and share some of her vast knowledge of Ryuei-Ryu Okinawan Karate. The Unique Origins of Ryuei-Ryu Okinawan Karate Ryuei-Ryu is a very interesting style of Okinawan Karate. It was founded in the mid 1800’s by Norisato Nakaima (aka Kenri
Carmel Valley Dojo Anniversary Celebration, 2014
We had a great time yesterday celebrating the dojo’s two year anniversary teaching martial arts in San Diego / Carmel Valley. with a special training and a tasty dinner. My thanks to the students. It is YOU who make our dojo a thriving family! It is YOU who are responsible for creating the collaborative and
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Martial Arts Camp at Mono Hot Springs, 2014
Many thank to Sensie Louis Jemison, Sensei Paul Billimoria and Sensei Jeff Day for the excellent martial arts camp at Mono Hot Springs in the California Sierra Nevada mountains this weekend! Especially notable were the qigong and standing mediation training, the combative partner work training and the eskrima stick training. It was instrumental to see
The Road to Mastering Martial Arts and Self Defense
Recently, a student at our San Diego dojo asked me: ”I read somewhere that the Naihanchi katas, by themselves, teach one how to defend themselves. In other words, if one knew the Naihanchi katas, they would automatically be able to defend themselves. Is that true? Asked differently: is there one kata or a set of techniques
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How to count in Japanese
Getting to know rudimentary Japanese is one of the rights of passage that comes with training in Okinawan karate. Here are some tips on how to count to ten in Japanese. Practice a little, and in no time you will be counting like a native! Number Japanese Pronunciation tip 1 ichi The “i” is pronounced