“Karate still involves strengthening and conditioning the body.”

  “Karate still involves strengthening and conditioning the body.” ?? . Shinyu Gushi (1939-2012) 9th dan Uechi Ryu . . Today’s approach to the strength and conditioning for karate basically falls into three main camps: . 1: No strength and conditioning at all . 2: (High rep) bodyweight exercises . 3: Bodybuilding . Okinawan karate masters…

“Many of today’s practitioners are too timid in their training.”

“Many of today’s practitioners are too timid in their training. They train with only the thought of being able to finish and not with the thought of progressing – pushing yourself to become better. You must train hard if you want to progress otherwise you are just a mediocre practitioner, and there are many of…