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Bruno Chagas's picture

Kake-Kumite/Kakedameshi: The original free sparring of Karate

Hello friends!

I believe people in this forum will have familiarity with the terms in my post, because of the great material that is shared here.

Anyway, for some time now I've been collecting historical references about a kind of old-style type of kumite, which is called kakedameshi, kake-kumite or kakidi.

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Wastelander's picture

Are Karate Drills Bad?

Hello, everyone!

I know that the title is a bit on-the-nose, and that most folks here will likely already be aware of what is being discussed in this article, but I still thought it might be beneficial for some, or at least provide for a bit of discussion. Thanks!

https://www.karateobsession.com/2021/08/are-karate-drills-bad.html

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Wastelander's picture

Kata Wormholes - A Training Exercise

Hello, everyone!

Something that my Sensei liked to have us do, on occasion, was practicing "wormholing" in kata, which is something I haven't seen many other people engaging in, so I wanted to explore the practice and shed some light on it for those who might find it valuable, or at least interesting.

https://www.karateobsession.com/2021/06/kata-wormholes.html

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Les Bubka's picture

Study finds that heel-down posture in great apes and humans confers a fighting advantage

One of my friends share this article with me, many people disagree with the method conducted for this study. I think it is interesting read.

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-heel-down-posture-great-apes-humans.html

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muratmat's picture

Itosu Jutte, Kenpo Gaisetsu (1930)

Here is my informal translation of the kata "Master Itokazu's Jutte" as described in Kenpō Gaisetsu (1930). As far as I know, this is the first time this book (or a part of it) has been translated into English and made public.

https://my2centskarate.com/?p=880

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Wastelander's picture

Karate's Wooden Dummy: The Kakiya/Kakete-Biki

Hello, everyone!

During this pandemic, I have noticed that many karateka have been developing their own versions of this old-school piece of training equipment, which had fallen out of fashion with most for quite some time. That's very exciting for me, since I have loved using this tool for years, and have long thought it should be a standard piece of kit for dedicated karateka! I figured I would go into a bit more detail on how different versions of them can work in an article, and hopefully some people find this useful!

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Kiwikarateka's picture

The Significance of Wankan (Andreas Quast)

An article on the history and significance of Wankan by Andreas Quast: https://ryukyu-bugei.com/?p=9068

I don't practise Wankan or any of it's variations myself but this article struck me as very interesting

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Joseph O'Neill's picture

Kata and the NFLs Playbooks

Hi everyone, 

I was looking at conceptual frameworks for something for work, and the links to the playbooks used by NFL teams got me thinking about their relevance to kata (as a specific example of the relevance of a conceptual framework to kata). The result of noodling this around for a bit is the following article:

https://www.aylesburykarate.co.uk/kata-karate-s-nfl-playbook

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Wallace Smedley's picture

What unites us

Non political free flow on what unites Martial artists. I hope it is useful.

https://wallacesmedley.com/2020/06/23/what-unites-us/

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Les Bubka's picture

“An ancient art, for a modern world” Overcoming dyspraxia through the martial arts.

Hi All

I came across this fascinating article on social media. After contacting the author, Thomas Belassie BA, from the Oxford Karate Academy he has kindly given me permission to present his work on this blog. I hope that you will enjoy reading it.

Kind Regards

Les

https://shinaido.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/an-ancient-art-for-a-modern-world-overcoming-dyspraxia-through-the-martial-arts/

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