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 […]
The Deep Front Line: Why Your Posture is the Key to “Stable Emotions”
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 […]
Beyond Force and Energy: From Mechanics to Mastery in the Nishiyama-Rokah Methodology
The language of guesswork In the dojo, we often use terms like “power,” “force,” “speed,” and “strength” as if they mean the same thing, when they describe completely different physical phenomena. For anyone training in […]
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 […]
International Traditional Karate-Do Seminar with Sensei Avi Rokah, Krakow, 17-18.05.2025
Last weekend in Krakow, we witnessed an exceptional training opportunity under the guidance of Sensei Avi Rokah, 8th Dan from the United States. The seminar, organized by the Kraków Traditional Karate Club, attracted over 200 […]
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 […]
Learning and knowledge
Sensei Nishiyama used to say, “Once you think you know, you are finished, you don’t learn anymore”. This illustrates the problem with knowledge – when we feel we “know” something completely, it can start to […]