One Body
Author’s Note: This article is the third in a series exploring the science behind Traditional Karate as taught by Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and transmitted by Sensei Avi Rokah. It builds on the mechanical perspective of […]
The Continuous Web: Understanding Fascial Training in Traditional Karate
Author’s Note This article reflects ongoing exploration of how Traditional Karate develops qualities that modern training science is beginning to understand and articulate. The fascia is one piece of a larger integrated system, and the […]
Fix Your Shoulders, Improve Your Technique.
Author’s Note This article represents my personal understanding and interpretation of traditional karate as taught by Hidetaka Nishiyama Sensei and followed by Avi Rokah Sensei. While I have endeavoured to accurately represent their teachings and […]
Maai — The Space Between: The Rhythm of Distance in Traditional Karate
Ma-ai — The Space Between This article reflects my personal understanding of traditional karate as taught by Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and transmitted by Sensei Avi Rokah. Any errors of interpretation are entirely my own. There […]
Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part III.
Part 3 – The Philosophy and Integration Sensei Nishiyama often reminded us, “Once you think you know, you are finished — you don’t learn anymore.” For him, philosophy was not an idea but an action. […]
Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part II.
Part 2 – The Solution and Application Once you recognise that slow and fast practice are not the same, your whole approach to training begins to shift. What felt like a single continuum divides into […]
Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part I.
This three-part series explores a simple but often misunderstood truth: techniques performed slowly and techniques performed at speed are not the same. Drawing on motor learning research, traditional methodology, and the teachings of Sensei Hidetaka […]
My Karate journey – by Nick Cromwell
“What you have been taught by listening to others’ words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you will remember for the rest of your life” – Gichin Funakoshi […]
Ways to generate power in Karate – by Mario Kalli
There are many schools of thought regarding the practice of karate and although some are different in styles, all are concerned with applying the ultimate power of technique. Generating power in martial arts has evolved […]