Karate Power

Karate Power

  F=MxA (Force = Mass x Acceleration) UYH=K (Use Your Head = Kyusho) To a Karateka power is the quintessence of the art... really, use your head! So the Karateka takes 10, 20, 30, 40+ years to develop that powerful punch... but to what end, this is doomed to...

Praxis

  Living it Wikipedia: Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realised. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. This has been a recurrent topic in the field...

The One Kata

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Budo International January 2015

Budo International January 2015

  Free Service for our readers as thanks from Kyusho.com: We will now be adding the by monthly Budo International online magazines free of charge here on the Blog. There will be two monthly editions and we will have all English and most of the other languages as...

Beat a Dead Horse.

Over repetition? I think not. Training in spontaneous manner with tools and targets is far superior than technique training.   An account of failure (or magnificent victory from the opposition) in the UFC fights from years back that will illustrate this. The fight was...

Knees

Duh So as we just discussed in the last blog entry with the elbows, the knees generate massive power that does not need Kyusho for greater effect... Or do we? With massive power comes massive exertion, instability and limited time window for use.  Let's look at these...