Archive
2025
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Beyond Force and Energy: From Mechanics to Mastery in the Nishiyama-Rokah Methodology
Read essay: Beyond Force and Energy: From Mechanics to Mastery in the Nishiyama-Rokah MethodologyPower, force, speed and strength are used in the dojo as if they meant the same thing. They don’t. Why clear mechanics matter for todome –…
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Maai — The Space Between: The Rhythm of Distance in Traditional Karate
Read essay: Maai — The Space Between: The Rhythm of Distance in Traditional KarateMa-ai is neither distance nor timing, but the living interval between two people – shaped by both, belonging to neither. What it means in traditional karate,…
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Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part III.
Read essay: Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part III.“The philosophy that Sensei taught was in the doing, not in words.” Part 3 of three: how slow and fast practice lead from form to formlessness.
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Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part II.
Read essay: Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part II.Build the structure slowly, then bring it to life at speed. Part 2 of three: practical ways to combine slow and fast training, guided by Sensei…
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Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part I.
Read essay: Fast is not slow…but faster: why training speed matters in Traditional Karate – Part I.A technique that feels good at half speed can fall apart at full speed. Part 1 of three: why slow and fast practice are different skills…
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International Traditional Karate-Do Seminar with Sensei Avi Rokah, Krakow, 17-18.05.2025
Read essay: International Traditional Karate-Do Seminar with Sensei Avi Rokah, Krakow, 17-18.05.2025Two days in Krakow with Sensei Avi Rokah, 8th Dan: over 200 karateka from ten countries training under a direct student of Master Hidetaka Nishiyama.