When you step into a dojo for the very first time you are often unaware that you have just opened the door to a very big world. You may not...

I had my first experience of competition judging last Saturday. It was a club level kata competition mainly for the kids in our club and for...

Movement from Bassai Dai On Saturday I attended a pre-dan grading course. This was an opportunity to go through the syllabus with the dan...

How should a female martial artist wear her belt? I don't mean how do I tie it but where exactly should I wear it? Natural waist M...

In the Times supplement last Saturday there was an article called ‘The nine secrets of contentment’. The article was essentially about those...