Let me introduce you to Ega, our personal yellow monkey! She represents our animalistic side and follows her wishes and […]
Category: Principles
There is no one source that would contain knowledge regarding principles of karate. And yet every practitioner knows that main target is to polish the principles and not techniques. Let’s try to write some of principles down.
My Formula
This is it!
Basic principles of Matsubayashi ryu
– Enclose fighting
– Attack the attacker
– Natural techniques
– Efficiency in movement
– Good structure
– Stretching and elongating the joints
“Hips rotation”
Famous principle of “hips rotation” (KOSHI-NO-KAITEN – 腰の回転; waist rotation) might be demonstrated with a help of a traditional Okinawan […]
Practice, practice, practice!
When we ask ourselves what the secret of karate is the answer is rather trivial: – Practice, practice and practice! […]
