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The news fell like a bombshell on the global karate community. The Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) has announced that Karate will not be part of the additional sports program of the Paris Olympics 2024. A…
Do we find the Way only in Karatedō? In fact, we know of other disciplines that shared values very similar to the Way. How do they interpret what Karate calls the Way? What connection can we establish between Karate and Marc Aurèle? Descartes? the Bible? Buddhism? A small clue: find the Unit.
All the power sought in Karatedō is in the Kime (決 め). Kime is the spirit of decision, it is the culmination of Karate, the "materialization of a physical and mental tension that has reached its climax." For Roland Habersetzer (9e dan), the Kime is the "concentrated energy explosion at one point" [1]. It manifests itself in the cry of Kiai.
The Way, Master Funakoshi followed it since its beginnings around the year 1880, on the island of Okinawa. Others have been practiced before him, and so can we. The Way is indispensable to the practice of Karate - to that of "Art" as Gichin Funakoshi said - that is why Karatedō was born.
We have seen that the roots of the Karate Way derive in part from Buddhist values - Bodhi and Saṃsāra - and that the Karatedō starts from the body to reach the spirit and unite the two. Let us now try to describe what the Way is, from the description given by Master Funakoshi.
Sabrina Yeshaddadene, a star of karate By teaching karate, I see that the attraction for this discipline has no age limit. I see younger people who practiced in their youth but could not find the time to ...
2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid: the flagship event not to be missed The twenty-fourth edition of the Karate World Championships began last Tuesday in Madrid (Spain). Any karate enthusiast who respects himself even if he ...
Ura Mawashi Geri: The Inverted Circular Kick Ura Mawashi Geri, is not my cup of tea, as we say 🙂 As karateka, we all have a technique or techniques for which we are more ...
Karate is a martial art of self-defense, certainly, but can it also improve my health? The practice of karate allows the harmonization of body and mind. By this harmonization, it brings a lot to our physical and psychic state, so ...
or Why should you have your black karate belt as soon as possible? In a recent post on Facebook, I wrote in title: "Why take 3 years to get the black belt while others do it in ...
List (unofficial) of the best karate sites There is a lot of useful information for karateka on the internet but it is not always easy to find the best forums and karate sites. Living on the Internet has its advantages ...
Achieving your goals in karate In karate as in many areas, achieving a goal is not always easy. Throughout your life, you will have to evolve and grow. Generations of women and men have done it before you ...
Belt Programs: Many of you are asking me for advice on what to work first to get your next karate belt. You will find below my preparation programs at different levels.
Karateka, do not let your energy flee (Nige) Today, I would like to evoke a notion that I had already addressed in an old article. The notion of "Neige" corresponds, in fact, to a leak of a part of the body compared to the ...
Kihon Workouts This blog and the Youtube channel "Bruno, Prof. de Karate du net" have been there since their creation to help you review at home what you have learned at the club. They also allow ...
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Hello everyone, Marc, a subscriber of Karate-Blog.net ™ had a brilliant idea (Merki, Marc ;-)): Create a presentation section, so that "the community knows each other ...
