7 Reasons You Can Choose Karate as an Alternative to Yoga

Yoga is an ancient practice with its history going back thousands of years, to India. Those who practice its movements are known to achieve a more positive outlook on life, distress and create a sense of serenity and peace. With all of these benefits there is no wonder that thousands flock to yoga centers, it is prescribed by some doctors, …

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time: #08-05

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time was first published by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17. This past year I continued the list for them #16 – 13. As mentioned in my last post, due to time commitments I wasn’t able to complete the list, until now. However, I am posting the remainder of the list here …

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time: #12-09

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters of All Time was first published by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17. This past year I continued the list for them #16 – 13. Due to time commitments I wasn’t able to complete the list, until now. However, I am posting the remainder of the list here on my own blog.

12 Japanese Words You Need To Know For Karate

My good friend and full-contact karate fighter Norihiro Yoshida was visiting recently from Japan. It had been a year since he visited before and trained at Contact Kicks Dojo for a few months and competed. This visit however was very brief.

Kyokushin Karate and a Reminder of Beginnings

I haven’t posted in a while, frankly because life has been pretty hectic. I haven’t been at to dojo as much either, lucky if I make it twice a week. If I do miss, I make sure I get as much practice in as I can at home or the gym. But this past weekend we had our end of …

Styles at work in Kyokushin Karate

Written by and posted with permission by Azam, from the Sherdog Forum At its core Kyokushin Karate is a martial art that focuses on power (also partly the reason why Sosai Oyama fought bulls was to market his style as an art that focuses on power). In Kyokushin there are typically many different styles at work, generally speaking there are: 1. …