Author: Jason Stanley

Jason Stanley has been practicing karate for 37 years. He is a 5th dan in Shitoryu/Shukokai, and 3 x stick fighting world champion. Since 2002 Jason has provided karate tips, hints and information to help both students and teachers increase their karate knowledge, deepen their understanding and improve their karate skill sets. His materials, e-books and courses have sold in over 35 countries. If you haven't already done so, please subscribe to the KarateTeaching newsletter and receive free karate teaching tips delivered to your inbox. No spam. No BS. Just helpful info to improve your skills. 100% privacy.
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Makiwara – How to repair a broken makiwara

June 2, 2008
Jason Stanley
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Five years ago I showed how to build a makiwara from scratch for less than $50 and in about 4 hours or less. You can read that original article here: https://www.karatetips.com/post/how-to-make-a-makiwara.aspx Then a few month’s later during a heavy punching session, it split due to the continual impact. Bummer. I built a second one and […]

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Monkey see. Monkey do.

May 26, 2008
Jason Stanley
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I don’t usually follow the UFC too closely, but last Saturday night we were invited to a friend’s house to watch the fights. There were plenty of people there with their families. Kids aged from new born (that’d be us) to early teen years. It was a good night and some of the fights were […]

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The heat…

May 20, 2008
Jason Stanley
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Yikes. This week summer has hit early in Southern California. Where I live the last 3 days have been… 100 F / 37.8 C 106 F/41.1 C 101 F / 38.3 C It’s been brutal. And if it’s anything like last summer, we’ll probably get 4 months of it too. Although people who live here […]