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Makiwara Training

Shigeru Kimura Sensei 9th Dan Tani-Ha Shitoryu Shukokai had a punch that was like getting hit with a cannonball.
Kimura Sensei had won the All Japan Karate Championship two years in a row. His technique was lightening fast, crisp, and decisive. There was a problem however. Tani Sensei, top student of Mabuni Kenwa and founder of […]

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Why The Wizened Old Martial Arts Masters In The Movies Are Dead Wrong

Watch almost any martial arts movie where the old, wise karate or kung fu master is training a new student…and you will almost always hear teacher tell student to “look your enemy in the eye.”
Bad idea. Really bad idea.
Why?
Because, while this is fine for tournaments and television, it can put you in severe danger […]

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