December 2013

Karate Pinan Shodan Kata | San Diego Dojo

How to Improve in Karate? Train every day!

As the year 2013 is winding to an end, I often get asked “how can I improve in Karate?” The answer is very simple: “perfect practice makes perfect,” as coach Vince Lombardi used to tell his players. If you are a “New Year’s resolutions” kind of person, set yourself the goal of practicing Karate every […]

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Muscle Fiber Structure

Stretching and Flexibility in Martial Arts: Theory and Techniques

In martial arts training we often touch on the topic of flexibility. Flexibility, or, as I prefer to call it, limberness, allows us to maintain a good range of motion for each joint or joints. When we are limber, our health and quality of life is enhanced. Likewise, loss of flexibility can dispose us to

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Master of Perception by Jan Diepersloot

Internal Martial Arts — Masters of Perception

Many martial artists like to train in both external and internal aspects of their martial art — be it Karate, Tai-Chi, Kuntau-Silat or another martial art — we see them in our San Diego martial arts studio all the time. This is because early in one’s training, it is much faster to observe progress in

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