Category: Martial Arts

Walk into an old-fashioned Okinawan karate dojo and you may notice that some of the most important training equipment looks as though it belongs in…

View More Hojo Undo: Building the Karate Body in Traditional Okinawan Karate

Introduction Uechi Ryū (often written Uechi-ryu) is one of Okinawa’s most distinctive classical karate traditions: compact, close-range, relentlessly practical, and shaped as much by Southern…

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The word “bu” of budo (martial arts) is written with the Chinese character for “stop” within a character signifying two crossed halberds meaning to stop…

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FIRST, since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning. This means going beyond being simply diligent…

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Master Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, laid out the Twenty Precepts of Karate (Niju kun), which are there as a guide for all…

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Founder of Shotokan Karate-Do Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa, in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters. Each trained…

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The only way for you to truly understand Tai Chi Chuan is to understand its history and its development through the generations. Each style, and…

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The Kung Fu salute or bow is known in Chinese as wushu baoquan li 武术抱拳礼 which roughly translates to the “Kungfu courtesy of covering one’s…

View More Origins and Meaning of the Kung Fu Salute