Kata Bing, Kata Bang, Kata Boom!

Kata Bing, Kata Bang, Kata Boom!

Think gangly, introverted seventeen-year old, living in a quiet, insulated and affluent, New Jersey suburb. One evening I was “wowed” by Ilya Kuryakin’s (David McCallum) karate chop, summarily dispatching a Russian, Cold War thug during an episode of the popular 1960...
Chinkuchi: Karate’s Hidden Internal Face

Chinkuchi: Karate’s Hidden Internal Face

I recently reread Remembrances of Okinawa: Chinkuchi by Lt. Col. Charles Murray (USAF) written in 1971, with the intention of addressing the subject in more detail for karateka about this fascinating art within an art—Chinkuchi. Much of the information attempting to...
Chi Chi Wu Wu

Chi Chi Wu Wu

Internal power training merits every martial artist’s attention because it is seldom presented in the current traditional understanding of Karate, Kung fu or Tae Kwon Do technique, yet speaks to the heart of true martial art practice. So allow me to jump into the...