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 Nishiyama and Sensei Avi Rokah, it examines how slow and fast practice build different forms of understanding. Part 1 uncovers…
“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 I started training in Shotokan Karate over thirty years ago, shortly after my twentieth birthday. A long time before that,…
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 over the years from its Okinawan roots to the modern day style of karate. Several years ago, I had the…