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A stance can be defined as a temporary organisation of the feet, legs, pelvis and centre that allows the body to interact with the ground in…

“In karate we have no peak, no limit,” Nishiyama Sensei once said. But if there is no peak to reach, no final level at which mastery…

In traditional karate, we spend years correcting nothing more than how we stand. This piece explains why: posture is where the body first meets pressure, and…

There comes a moment in karate training when the physical corrections stop and something harder to name begins. Your Sensei is no longer watching (just) your…

How do the mechanical, regulatory, and perceptual layers of traditional karate training integrate into a single coherent system? The third article in the science series.