"Schulmann’s rivals ran their dojos like regular businesses—a huge mistake, he says. In the martial-arts world, money flows from power, not the other way around."
David Gauvey Herbert for Esquire: https://www.esquire.com/sports/a64452970/tiger-schulmann-martial-arts-empire-interview-2025/
I like to write about budo. This about the stuff that's more fundamental than the basics.
https://peterboylan.substack.com/p/kihon-for-kihon?r=rf53p
I should find an Alexander Technique teacher and find out how they teach this stuff.
#budo
#iaido
#karate
#judo
#jodo
#aikido
#koryu
#kenjutsu
#kendo
#naginata
#jujutsu
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Early voting after #karate with the family: 
Never before have I experienced an election where "standing up to #America" was such a cornerstone issue. It feels scary & I resent that it's a distraction from our own problems in #Canada.
But all this nonsense aside - not voting isn't an option. Don't be apathetic. Bring your kids & show them.
When only party-diehards vote, leaders aren't accountable.
Today I was promoted to Yodan, which is a 4th degree black belt. I train at Tracy's Karate and got my 1st degree black belt in 2016, on Friday 13th May.
My instructor says everyone's black belt test will make them think they're going to die, and the mark of a black belt is that you keep going. I remember thinking that I would never finish the test, that the rest of my life would be in that room, and that was OK. I kept going. I am a black belt.
Have anyone tried practising aikido-kind (or similar) techniques against kickboxing (or any street style fighting) punches and kicks?
especially the real speed punches?
incl. series of punches?
it sounds like extremely interesting "don´t try this at home" thing to do 
do people practise someting like this? especially here in Finland?
(without going down on the floor for bjj or at least without choking)
Don't have a training partner for #karate at home? Don't have several hundred eddies to spend on a fancy training dummy or heavy bag? Sometimes you've just gotta makeshift your own (although it helps if you happen to have all your dojo's equipment at your house by chance) and use your imagination!
Meet the Wang-Chung Arm-o-tron 5000! 
https://www.europesays.com/1917586/ Iran come third at Karate 1-Premier League #AtousaGolshadnezhad #Conflicts #Hangzhou #Iran #Karate
Turns out the community hall where my #karate club trains is a polling station.
Not one flyer-hander-outer offered me a flyer... I must have looked too scary in my karate gi
Ist Karate eine Sportart? Eine Kunstform? Vielleicht eine Philosophie? Oder eine Art von Meditation? Thomas Volkmann, 6. Dan, gibt darauf gleich mehrere Antworten.
Thomas ist mein ehemaliger Karatetrainer und war einer der Ersten, die ich interviewt habe.
https://krasse-eloquenz.de/menschen/beim-karate-gibt-es-keine-regeln/
We did it!! Everyone really gave a great showing of their skills. We pushed through the nerves & are proud of ourselves. Husband got punched in the jaw when his spar opponent didn't pull his punch properly - but he ultimately won the match! 
Going to sleep well tonight as the adrenaline & anxiety finally drains out. Whew!
Working to clear my head of the news enough to focus this weekend: our whole family - myself, husband & 3 sons are going for our next round of #karate belt testing tomorrow.
Trying not to show it in front of the kids but I am *nervous*. 
Funny, in the commentary video I noticed #YujiOkumoto (plays #Chozen in #CobraKai) had a slightly worn out black belt (while everyone else had nice fresh ones).
‘I wonder…’
Yup, his is real. Earned the hard way.
Damn. Just watched the very last episode of #CobraKai. Going to be tough to leave this behind. Great finish to this big journey. Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy.
But Cobra Kai never dies.
𐌐𐌀Ꝋ𐌋Ꝋ 
