Kensei Chronicles

I have been around the block for a LONG time now, been training with my instructor for nearly 30 years of my 34 year journey in Karate...

                Now A lot of you I know personally who read my blog say they love reading about all the times I hurt myself….while I thin...

Part Three: Hasen no Kata- A series of Kata                 Many years ago I became a Kata nut, I loved the history and tradition o...

Part Two (B): Tokui no Kata- Personal or speciality Katas The following 11 Kata round out the Shotokan Curriculum for Kata and can be ...

What is Shodan?                 I think that those of us in the West mistake Dan ranking for something it is not. First off Dan ranki...