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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 […]