We Are Reflections of Our Teacher
Recently I found myself watching one of my students work with a beginner. What struck me wasn’t the techniques he…
The Value of Experience
Competition as Part of Training One thing I have noticed over the last few years attending Kyokushin tournaments is how…
What Shihan Bobby Lowe Told Me
In today’s Kyokushin world, it sometimes seems that every year brings another organization, another split, or another debate about who…
Whatever Happened to the Kyokushin Family?
I’ve been training in Kyokushin for over 46 years now. In that time, I’ve belonged to just two organizations: the…
In Time Our Senses May Be Alert
One of my earliest blog pieces was built on a response to a Facebook post about the first line of…
What Competition Really Teaches
Many people assume competition is all about winning. Of course we do our best to win, but that is not…
Kyokushin Was Never Just About Toughness
“The Martial Arts Begins With a Point and Ends in a Circle” – Mas Oyama One of Sosai’s eleven…
Kyokushin Beyond Sport
Budo Begins Where Sport Ends My sensei used to say, “Any time a martial art is turned into a sport,…
Osu: The Heart of Kyokushin
If you spend any time in a Kyokushin dojo, you’ll hear the word Osu constantly. We say it when we…
