I’m sure you’re familiar with the good old sparring exercise, “king of the ring” where the winner stays on and the loser is replaced by another student. Take a look at this quick diagram below. The green circle represents the pair fighting and the red circle represents the line of students waiting for their turn. […]
What’s your “go to” technique? You know the one – your favorite technique that you can’t live fight without? And what about your students? I’m sure their choices are as vast and varied as the colors of the rainbow. Now what if you couldn’t use that technique anymore. What would you do instead? Last week […]
Take ten karate students and have them perform their kata individually and you might like what you see. Take the same ten students and have them perform the kata together, and you’ll notice variations. You’ll see differences in timing and speed, which is fine unless they’re performing team kata for tournament. However, you shouldn’t see […]
