Find your weakness by doing your Karate slowly

Have you ever watched someone do a blinding fast Karate technique that looked picture perfect?  The person moves so fast that you cannot find any mistakes in their form.  What you might not see, when they are moving fast, is that they are hiding imperfections in their form. Now lets …

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Small space Karate training

Many of the Karate students I work with often say that they do not have space to train at home.  Some of them may have a small apartment or bedroom to train in and they feel that they cannot get in a good workout but I have a solution that …

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Challenge your balance and your technique will rise

Some simple words, “challenge your balance and your technique will rise.” This is a concept that my Sensei, Sensei Cieplik, shared with me many times over the years but it took me a long time understand. The words are simple but applying them takes a lot of trial and error …

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