Monday, 19 August 2019

Vintage Aikido clip


Terrific spirit in this clip. Look at the body movement rather than the hands.

Wakayama Prefecture 1952

Friday, 9 August 2019

Move from



Great quote by the boxer Ray Jones Jr.

" I move when my heart say move"

in 5G Tai Chi by Scott Meredith


Thursday, 1 August 2019

Empty force in Karate

This article discusses Toate or no contact striking in Shotokai Karate.

For me the interesting point is that there has to be killer intent to respond to, because there is no holding back within the attacker and they are committing their energy 100 %.

You can't kill someone half heartedly.

The article can be read here

However, best to work on developing more tangible skills.