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How karate lost its grappling techniques
Tracing the transformation of karate from a grappling art to a kicking and punching discipline. Itosu Anko and Funakoshi's vision. In the early 1900s, Itosu Anko embarked on a revolutionary ...
Rules about the Embusen
Rules about the Embusen (Line of movement). First, we need to define the term "Kiten". Wikipedia says: .. "Nearly all Japanese-influenced Kata start and end on exactly the same Embusen ...
Interpretation of techniques (short version)
Most practitioners of Karate do not pay much attention to the whole technique. I think that is a fundamental mistake. Let us take Gedan-barai as an example; in most cases, ...