» Blog is Dead, Long Live the Blog!
13/10/09 20:49 from Total Karate
I'm not quite done with the internet! My new website is a single place where I can post photos, tunes, blogs etc on a variety of subjects. There will be some karate discussion up there, but it won't be an exclusive karate site. I hope that'..

» Coming Soon
11/10/09 16:19 from Total Karate
New website coming soon. More details shortly.

» Time to Call It A Day
10/10/09 22:26 from Total Karate
It's been fun. Thank you for reading and for the comments over the last few years, but it's time to finish now. Time to focus on more important things. Time to gather in energy reserves to meet the challenges that are coming. The website wi..

» No training until 5th October
23/09/09 20:38 from Total Karate
Message for club members. The next training session will be Monday 5th October 2009. I'm going to be out of circulation for a week or so, I'll be back posting soon :)

» Aerobic conditioning
18/09/09 19:55 from Total Karate
OK let's lighten up. This is harder than it looks..... Add it to your cardio routine.

» Ugh! McDojo Recruitment Season!
12/09/09 13:36 from Total Karate
It's the time of year when the sales and marketing people at the local McDojo gear up for their new intake. Why is it that high-price, high-membership turnaround, low quality clubs attract many people (sometimes hundreds!) only to put them ..

» UK Karate Instructors to go on government vetting database
11/09/09 13:23 from Total Karate
Anyone working with young people (under 18s) must be registered on a new government database designed to "protect" children from paedophiles. There's a £5000 fine for failing to register. Clubs can also be fined £5000 for using unvetted ins..

» Bunkai Difficulties?
06/09/09 00:09 from Total Karate
Are you studying bunkai, and getting yourself lost? Tip: don't do bunkai! Another tip... watch aikido videos :) These techniques are uncannily familiar... Irimi Nage is a favourite of mine.

» Basic Wrist/Arm holds
05/09/09 23:44 from Total Karate
Some aikido for you. But these techniques can easily be found within basic karate kata. In aikido each of the following holds can be executed with different variations, so these are just basic examples of each technique. They are somewhat p..

» Only One Kata
05/09/09 08:45 from Total Karate
If you had to choose just one kata for training what would it be? What would be the reasons for your choice? It could be a favourite kata, or one that develops specific skills, or perhaps a kata that encompasses many ideas. Some katas are f..