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It all started with a zipper, or lack thereof. As I stood there disrobing from my gi in order to use the restroom, my wish for a zipper started me thinking. The Shotokan karate masters of the 20th century were innovators. Why couldn’t they put a zipper in the karate gi? Gichin Funakoshi is known as the founder of modern karate. It was his son Gigo who really transformed the karate of old into something more representative of what we know today. Masters Nakayama and Nishiyama seemed to...

The Back Stance The “Back Stance” also known as Kokutsu Dachi, is one of 3 primary “outside tension” stances. Outside tension refers...

The “Front Stance” also known as Zenkutsu Dachi, is one of 3 primary “outside tension” stances. Outside tension refers to the muscles of...